Nepal

16 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,567

16 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,567

By THT Online

A police personnel wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) waits for passengers at a security checkpoint inside the premises of Tribhuvan International Airport after it reopened with limited international flights allowed to operate amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kathmandu, on September 2, 2020. Photo: Reuters

KATHMANDU: 16 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,567. Meanwhile, 1,272 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to 238,861. Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on average in the past week, as vaccinations are set to begin in December in a handful of developed nations.

On Thursday, 13 individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 had succumbed to the disease.