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22 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll advances to 1,148

22 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll advances to 1,148

By THT Online

Health workers conduct a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on the 52nd day of government imposed nationwide lockdown at a fruits and vegetables market in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, May 14, 2020.

KATHMANDU: Twenty-two more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,148. 2,736 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to 199,760. Over 1.2 million deaths from the disease have been reported worldwide while the global case tally is recorded over 50 million. On Monday, 18 individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 succumbed to the disease taking the death toll to 1,126.