BAITADI, AUGUST 9
As many as 84 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection in Sudurpaschim Province in a single day.
While performing tests on 1,107 people in the past 24 hours, 84 were found to have contracted coronavirus, the Sudurpaschim Province Health Directorate shared.
Kanchanpur district has topped the list with highest number of COVID new cases (42) while Kailali saw 33, Achham four, Darchula two and Bajhang, Doti and Baitadi one.
Forty-two among the infected are India returnees, it was shared. As informed, 23 of the infected had returned through Gaddachauki, 16 through Gaurifanta, two through Pulghat and one through Jhulaghat entry points, informed the COV- ID-19 Focal Person of the Directorate Hemraj Joshi.
Earlier yesterday, the province had diagnosed 121 new coronavirus cases.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 10, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
