Nepal

Six Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,975

Six Covid-19 fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,975

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 1,975 with six more fatalities reported on Wednesday. Globally, 2.06 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while more than 96.2 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus. Today, 318 new cases surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of coronavirus infection have reached 268,310.

On Tuesday, four fatalities were reported which took the country-wide death toll to 1,969.