KATHMANDU, JANUARY 29

The three districts of Kathmandu valley recorded 82 additional cases of coronavirus infection, on Friday.

Of the newly infected, 34 are females while 48 are males.

Kathmandu district alone witnessed 63 cases of infection while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 14 and five cases, respectively. At present, there are 1,688 active Covid-19 cases in Kathmandu while number of the same in Lalitpur is 138 and that in Bhaktapur is 33.

As many as 496 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in Kathmandu. Likewise, 160 fatalities have been reported in Lalitpur, and 115 in Bhaktapur, so far.

Meanwhile, total number of people who have recovered from the disease in Kathmandu is 99,142 while 15,713 people have recovered in Lalitpur and 9,067 in Bhaktapur.

Today, 157 new cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the country following which the nationwide Covid-19 tally has reached 270,745.

The nationwide death-toll has advanced to 2,025 with five Covid-related fatalities logged today.

Kathmandu is the only district with over 500 active cases in the country. On the contrary, Kalikot, Rukum West, and Mugu are the three districts with zero live infections, as of today.