Nepal

11 more covid-related fatalities recorded on Sunday, tally shifts to 1,788

11 more covid-related fatalities recorded on Sunday, tally shifts to 1,788

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:  Eleven more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has advanced to 1,788. Meanwhile, 588 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count to 253,772. More than 76 million people have been reported infected by the novel coronavirus globally while 1.69 million lives have been lost to the pandemic. On Saturday, 12 individuals diagnosed with Covid-19 had succumbed to the disease.