Nepal on Sunday asserted that 90 percent of its coronavirus cases are vagrant laborers who came back from abroad, generally from India, as the nation's count crept nearer to the 10,000-mark with 421 new cases.

The infection has now spread to 75 of the all-out 77 areas in the nation, the Health Ministry said.

The affirmation of 421 new cases pushed Nepal's coronavirus disease count to 9,026.

Dr Basudev Pandey, chief at Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health said 90 percent of Nepal's coronavirus cases are transient specialists, who came back from abroad, for the most part from India, and 98 percent of the contaminated individuals didn't show any side effect.

Of the 421 new cases, 64 are female while 357 are male, the Health Ministry said at its day by day media preparation.

The number of passings due to COVID-19 on Sunday expanded to 23 after the demise of a 69-year old loss of motion quiet, who as of late came back from India after treatment, said the Health Ministry representative.

On Sunday, 194 recuperations were accounted for, eight of them females and 186 guys. With this absolute recuperation, cases have arrived at 1,772, of which 149 are females and 1623 guys.

As of now, 7,231 coronavirus dynamic patients are right now experiencing treatment at various medical clinics the nation over.