KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 09

The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 2,047 with two more fatalities reported on Tuesday.

160 new coronavirus cases have surfaced after which Nepal's total cases of infection have reached 272,215.

Globally, 2.3 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 107 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus.

On Monday, seven fatalities were reported which took the country-wide death toll to 2,045.