Nepal

Five Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,932

Five Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,932

By THT Online

Health workers are seen attending to people waiting to get their PCR tests done, during the government-imposed lockdown, amid concerns over the rapid spread of COVID-19, at Teku hospital, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,932 with five more fatalities reported on Tuesday. Globally, 1.95 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while more than 90.9 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus. Today, 430 new cases surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of coronavirus infection have reached 265,698.

On Monday, ten fatalities were reported which took the country-wide death toll to 1,927.