Nepal

Five Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,917

Five Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,917

By THT Online

Health workers conduct a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on the 52nd day of government imposed nationwide lockdown at a fruits and vegetables market in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, May 14, 2020.

KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,917 with five more fatalities reported on Sunday. Globally, 1.93 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while more than 89.6 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus. Today, 259 new cases surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of coronavirus infection have reached 264,780.

On Saturday, three fatalities were reported which took the country-wide death toll to 1,912.