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182 Covid-19 cases surface in Kathmandu valley on Friday

182 Covid-19 cases surface in Kathmandu valley on Friday

By THT Online

The view of a deserted road after prohibitory order was imposed by district officials for a week to contain the spread of Covid-19, at Satdobato, Lalitpur, on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Photo: Naresh Shrestha/THT

KATHMANDU: According to the Ministry of Health, Kathmandu Valley on Friday reported 182 new cases of Covid-19 Of the 182 cases, 142 surfaced in Kathmandu district while Lalitpur logged 25 cases and Bhaktapur recorded 15. Kathmandu along with five other districts — Morang, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari, and Sarlahi — has over 500 cases in the country. Meanwhile, there are over 2000 active cases in Kathmandu, making it the district with the highest number of total and active Covid-19 cases. Nepal’s Covid-19 count reached 30,483 with the detection of 838 new cases today. Meanwhile, the country’s Covid-19 death-toll has reached 137 today with eleven new fatalities, the highest on a single-day.