New Delhi (NVI): Nepal registered 288 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single day spike, taking the national tally to 2,099, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said the country’s COVID-19 tally has raced past 2,000 to 2,099, fast approaching 2,100 cases.
Among the newly infected, 270 are males while 18 are females, the ministry said.
At present, 61 of the 77 districts and all the Provinces have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus.
As many as 168 cases have been detected in nine districts of Province 1; 816 cases have been seen in eight districts of Province 2; and 54 cases in 12 districts of Bagmati Province.
Likewise, 37 cases have been reported in seven districts of Gandaki Province; 699 cases in 11 districts of Province 5; 252 cases in five districts of Karnali Province; and 73 cases in nine districts of Sudurpaschim Province.
With this, 1,949 males and 150 females have been infected with the virus across the country.
So far, eight people have died of coronavirus in Nepal and 266 people have been cured form the virus and discharged.
