Eight Covid-19 fatalities registered on Saturday, death toll advances to 467

By THT Online

Published: 05:01 pm Sep 26, 2020

Health workers are seen attending to people waiting to get their PCR tests done, during the government-imposed lockdown, amid concerns over the rapid spread of COVID-19, at Teku hospital, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: Eight more individuals diagnosed with coronavirus infection have succumbed to the disease, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed at its regular media briefing on Saturday. All of those reported dead were males. Details of the deceased individuals

66-year-old male, Saptari
20 & 74 year-old male, Kathmandu
88-year-old male, Bhaktapur
74-year-old male, Makawanpur
76-year-old male, Lalitpur
72-year-old male, Rupendehi
30-year-old male, Kailali

Nepal has more than 70,000 confirmed cases while global cases have exceeded 31 million whereas the global death-toll is approaching the 1 million mark. On Friday, six Covid-19 fatalities were recorded which took the death tally to 459. With the recent addition of fatalities, Nepal’s Covid-19 death-toll has now advanced to 467.

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Eight Covid-19 fatalities registered on Saturday, death toll advances to 467