New Delhi (NVI): Nepal reported 278 new cases of coronavirus today, taking the national tally to 2,912, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, “Of the infected, 2,717 are males and 195 are females.”
Among the new cases, 90 were tested in Dailekh, 44 in Kapilvastu, 21 in Sunsari, 17 each in Mahottari and Ramechhap, 12 in Jhapa, seven in Jumla, six each in Morang and Rautahat, five each in Kavre, Bhojpur and Dadeldhura.
Similarly, four each in Kailali and Dhanusha, three in Bara, two each in Kathmandu, Sindhuli, Tanahu and Nawalparasi (East), and one each in Arghakhanchi, Dang, Palpa, Surkhet, Achham and Bajhang and tested positive for the virus at different laboratories across the country, as per media reports.
Apart from this, 43 COVID-19 patients from various parts of the country returned home after recovery today alone.
Meanwhile, Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 11 today. A 20-year-old youth from Panchapuri Municipality-1, Hansegaun, in Surkhet district has succumbed to COVID-19 infection.
The young man had returned home earlier on Wednesday after staying at a quarantine facility for 14 days.
So far, 333 patients have been cured from the virus and discharged.
