Nepal

Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,816 with eight more fatalities

Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,816 with eight more fatalities

By THT Online

A health worker collects throat swabs for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing of patients at Teku-based Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,816 with eight additional fatalities reported Friday. Globally, 1.74 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 79 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus. Today, 608 new infections surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of infection have reached 257,200.