Nepal

23 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,412

23 more fatalities registered today, Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,412

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: Twenty-three more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,412. Meanwhile, 1,614 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide coronavirus case count to 227,640. Over 1.4 million deaths from the disease have been reported worldwide while the global case tally is recorded over 60 million.

On Wednesday, twenty-eight individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 had succumbed to the disease.