KATHMANDU: One more person has tested positive for Covid-19, making it the sixth case of Coronavirus infection in Nepal.

Spokesperson of Health Ministry, Dr Bikas Devkota informed mediapersons on Thursday that a sample sent for testing at the National Health Lab has come out positive for the disease.

"Yet another person that was on the QR-652 flight from Doha to Kathmandu is now known to have contracted infection," Devoka said.

The virus has been detected in two persons from the same flight already.

Globally, close to a million -- 950,652 -- people have been infected out of which 202,631 people have recovered. As many as 48,290 people have lost their loves to Covid-19.