Kathmandu, Nepal, August 4, 2020: Nepal´ coronavirus infection cases have reached to 21,009 after 259 new cases  reported throughout the country including 62 in Kathmandu valley in the past 24 hours.

Dr. Jageshowr Gautam, spokesman at the Ministery of Health and Population said amid the regular press briefing on Tursday that 259 new cases were identified while conducting PCR tests of 7687 swab samples.

Likewise, dr. Gautam also said at the press briefing that 65 persons, who were earlier tested positive of coronavirus, have returned home after recovery. With the new recovery, Nepal´s total recovery cases have reached to 15026.