KATHMANDU: The total number of COVID-19 infections in the country has reached 48 with yet another person being identified as having contracted the virus.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a 26-year-old male has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Only today, three new cases have been identified including a 55-year-woman whose sample was collected from Udayapur district and a 14-year-old boy from Janakpur.

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• Two new persons detected with COVID-19 taking infection count to 47