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Nine fatalities take nationwide death toll to 563 on Tuesday

Nine fatalities take nationwide death toll to 563 on Tuesday

By THT Online

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: Nine more individuals diagnosed with coronavirus infection have succumbed to the disease, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed at its regular media briefing on Tuesday. Of the nine people to have succumbed to the disease, four were women while five were men. Nepal has more than 90,000 confirmed cases while global cases have exceeded 35 million whereas the global death-toll has unfortunately crossed a million. Details of the deceased individuals

  • 31-year-old male, Tehrathum
  • 64-year-old male, Sunsari
  • 70-year-old male, Chitwan
  • 61-year-old male, Lalitpur
  • 77-year-old male, Lalitpur
  • 60-year-old female, Kathmandu
  • 59-year-old female, Kathmandu
  • 67-year-old female, Lalitpur
  • 77-year-old female, Nawalparasi east
On Monday, highest number of fatalities were recorded in a single-day after which the death tally stood at 563.