Kathmandu, Nepal, October 9, 2020: coronavirus infection tally of the country has reached to 244,433 after 1,056 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours.

According to the ministry of health and population, death toll due to the infection of coronavirus reached to 1,651 after 14 deaths linked with the virus recorded in the past 24 hours.

According to the ministry, 1,056 new cases of the virus were detected while conducting 6,286 PCR tests at various labs across the country.