KATHMANDU: Ten months after the detection of the first confirmed case of coronavirus, Nepal's Covid death toll on Tuesday surpassed 1000. In January 13, the country had learnt of its first coronavirus positive case. As many as 20 new deaths were reported from across the country in the past 24 hours taking the fatality tally to 1,004. 3,114 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus cases count to 179,614. Over 1.2 million deaths from the disease have been reported worldwide while the global case tally is recorded over 47 million. On Monday, 24 Covid-19 fatalities had been recorded, pushing the toll to 984.