Nine Covid-related fatalities recorded today, death-tally shifts to 1,856

KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,856 with nine more fatalities reported on Thursday.

Globally, over 1.7 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 82 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.

Today, 534 new infections have surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of infection have reached 260,593.

On Wednesday, there were seven additional fatalities which took the country-wide toll to 1,847.