New Delhi (NVI): The COVID-19 cases in Nepal saw a jump of 740 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 15,259 in the country, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said that, this is the highest recorded single-day spike till date in the country.
The ministry also said that, as many as 823 people were discharged from various health facilities upon recover in past 24 hours.
So far, 6143 patients have recovered from the deadly disease.
Meanwhile, one more death was reported today, a 85-year-old male, resident of New Baneshwar in Kathmandu, who was a hypertensive, had Parkinson’s disease and was diagnosed with COVID-19 virus.
He was admitted to a private hospital in the city following complaints of chest pain and urinary issues and was treated in isolation at the hospital’s ICU.
With this, Nepal’s Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 32.
Apart from this, 4,483 swab samples were tested in a day. In total, Nepal has tested over 2,40,000 people for coronavirus so far.
-RJV
