Nepal

Two more Covid related fatalities take country's death-tally to 2027

By THT Online

Army personnel along with RNA-16 volunteers transport the mortal remains of a Covid-19 victim for final rites from his house in Bhaktapur where he passed away while in isolation. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU

The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 2,027 with two more fatalities reported on Saturday.

Globally, 2.20 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 102 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.

Today, 109 new infections have surfaced after which Nepal's total cases of infection have reached 270,854.

On Friday, five fatalities were reported which took the country-wide death toll to 2,025.