Nepal

12 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,259

12 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,259

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: Twelve more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,259. 1,442 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to 212,917. Over 1.3 million deaths from the disease have been reported worldwide while the global case tally is recorded over 55 million. On Tuesday, seventeen individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 succumbed to the disease.