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18 Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-toll advances to 757

18 Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-toll advances to 757

By THT Online

Nepalese Army wearing protective clothing are seen sanitizing themselves after bringing the body of a 32-year-old man from Dhading district,who died after being infected with the coronavirus at Hams Hospital, at Pashupathinath cremation site in Kathmandu on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: Eighteen more coronavirus-related fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours in the country. The nationwide Covid-19 death-toll has, as such, advanced to 757. Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. On Sunday, Ministry of Health reported 12 fatalities from coronavirus infection after which the nationwide Covid-19 death-toll had reached 739. Since the pandemic started, over 1.1 million people have died due to COVID-19, with the global fatality rate hovering around 2.8 percent of the total cases.