SURKET, June 3: Sixteen more individuals tested positive for COVID-19 in Karnali Province on Wednesday.

Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, and Karnali Provincial Hospital, Surket, confirmed 16 new cases of COVID-19 during tests conducted through PCR method. 

According to Dr. Laxmi Narayan Tiwari, the chief of Health Service Division under Ministry of Social Development, seven people from Kalikot district including a four-month-old baby, seven from Dailekh district and two from Salyan district were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Of the sixteen infected, one is female and 15 others are males.

With 16 fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally in Karnali Province has soared to 271.

 
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