Nepal

20 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,614

20 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll hits 1,614

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: Twenty more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,614. Meanwhile, 1,014 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to 241,995. More than 67 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally while 1.5 million people​ have lost their lives. On Sunday, seventeen individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 had succumbed to the disease.