Nepal

Covid-19 death toll stands at 590 with 12 additional deaths

Covid-19 death toll stands at 590 with 12 additional deaths

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: Nepal's Covid-19 death toll has reached 590 on Thursday. The Ministry of Health reported that 12 additional deaths from coronavirus-infection had been registered in the last 24 hours. Of the 12 deceased individuals, their ages ranging from 39 to 92, four were females while eight were males. Five of the fatalites were registered in the Kathmandu valley. Likewise, three people died due to Covid-19 complications in Chitwan. One person each succumbed to the disease in Sunsari, Dhanusha, Kaski and Surkhet. Nepal on October 5 had set the record for highest fatalites on a single day with 19 deaths.