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184 new cases of Covid-19 recorded today in Kathmandu valley

184 new cases of Covid-19 recorded today in Kathmandu valley

By THT Online

Pedestrians wearing masks as a protective measure as they walk on a street in Kathmandu, on Monday. Nepalis have become wary after coronavirus was confirmed in the country. Photo: Naresh Shrestha/THT

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley recorded 184 additional cases of coronavirus infection, on Wednesday. Of the newly infected, 72 are females while 161 are males. Kathmandu district alone witnessed 159 cases of infection while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 50 and 24 cases, respectively. At present, there are 2,420 active Covid-19 cases in Kathmandu while number of the same in Lalitpur is 329 and that in Bhaktapur is 128. As many as 476 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in Kathmandu. Likewise, 148 fatalities have been reported in Lalitpur and 109 in Bhaktapur, so far. Meanwhile, total number of people who have recovered from the disease in Kathmandu is 95,182. Likewise, 14,977 people have recovered in Lalitpur and 8,737 in Bhaktapur. Today, 409 new cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the country following which the nationwide Covid-19 tally has reached 263,193. Six fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which the nationwide death-toll from the disease has advanced to 1,899. Kathmandu is the only district with over 500 active cases in the country. On the contrary, Solukhumbu, Dolpa, and Mugu are the three districts with zero live infections, as of today.