KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,847 with seven more fatalities reported on Wednesday.

Globally, 1.7 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 81 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.

Today, 511 new infections have surfaced after which Nepal’s total cases of infection have reached 260,059.

On Tuesday, there were eight additional fatalities which took the country-wide toll to 1,840.