KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley recorded 123 additional cases of coronavirus infection, on Thursday.
Of the newly infected, 44 are females while 79 are males.
Kathmandu district alone witnessed 107 cases of infection while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 10 and six cases, respectively. At present, there are 1,767 active Covid-19 cases in Kathmandu while number of the same in Lalitpur is 139 and that in Bhaktapur is 35.
As many as 495 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in Kathmandu. Likewise, 160 fatalities have been reported in Lalitpur, and 115 in Bhaktapur, so far.
Meanwhile, total number of people who have recovered from the disease in Kathmandu is 99,009. Likewise, 15,698 people have recovered in Lalitpur and 9,060 in Bhaktapur.
Today, 213 new cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the country following which the nationwide Covid-19 tally has reached 270,588.
Giving a glimmer of hope, zero fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 death-toll from the disease hence remains at 2,020.
Kathmandu is the only district with over 500 active cases in the country. On the contrary, Kalikot, Rukum West, and Mugu are the three districts with zero live infections, as of today.
