New Delhi (NVI): 273 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported from Nepal, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation to 5,335, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, Of the newly infected, 247 are males and 26 females. In total, 4,949 males and 386 females have been recorded to have contracted the disease, so far.
At present, 72 of the 77 districts in the country have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus in the country, as per media reports.
Thirty-six persons have been discharged following recovery. With this total recovery cases stands at 877, of which 822 are males while 91 females.
Meanwhile, two more COVID-19 related deaths has been confirmed in Nepal by the ministry taking the total number of fatalities in the country to 18.
