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Kathmandu Valley logs 64 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday

By THT Online

A frontline health worker gets her pressure measured before receiving a jab of the coronavirus vaccine at Teku Shukraraaj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 30

Kathmandu valley recorded 64 additional cases of coronavirus infection, on Saturday.

Of the newly infected, 24 are females while 40 are males.

Kathmandu district alone witnessed 56 cases of infection and Lalitpur reported eight cases. There are no new cases in Bhaktapur today. At present, there are 1,584 active Covid-19 cases in Kathmandu while number of the same in Lalitpur is 114 and that in Bhaktapur is 15.

As many as 497 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 99,301 while 15,745 people have recovered in Lalitpur and 9,085 in Bhaktapur.

Today, 109 new cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the country following which the nationwide Covid-19 tally has reached 270,854.

The nationwide death-toll has advanced to 2,027 with two Covid-related fatalities logged today.

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