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Latest reported figures: 1,259 confirmed dead

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It was published at 3 September 2026, 10:21 pm NPT and is kept online as the record of what was confirmed at that hour. Figures in it are no longer current.

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The confirmed death toll in Nepal has risen to 1,259, from 1,252, Nepalnews reports. The number of people listed missing has risen to 5,083, from 4,875, Nepalnews reports. The number of people rescued has risen to 12,038, from 11,993, Nepalnews reports.

Where a report describes one district or one stretch of river rather than the national figure, it is not used here. Out of contact does not mean dead.

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