New Delhi (NVI): 170 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported from Nepal, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation to 1,212, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, this has yet again broken the record of single-day cases in Nepal.
Of the infected, 56 people are from Rautahat district, 51 from Kapilvastu, 28 from Jhapa, 10 from Banke, five each from Parsa and Sarlahi.
Apart from that, four each from Bara and Saptari, two each from Dang and Nawalparasi, one each from Myagdi and Rupandehi districts.
At present, 52 of the 77 districts and all the Provinces have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus.
As many as 157 cases have been detected in eight districts of Province 1; 490 cases have been seen in eight districts of Province 2; and 44 cases in 12 districts of Bagmati Province, as per media reports.
Likewise, 20 cases have been reported in five districts of Gandaki Province; 433 cases in nine districts of Province 5; 47 cases in three districts of Karnali Province; and 21 cases in seven districts of Sudurpaschim Province.
With this, 1,103 males and 109 females have been infected with the virus across the country.
At least 19 people have been discharged from various health facilities across the country taking the total number of recoveries to 206.
Meanwhile, the ministry also confirmed the death of sixth person from contracting the infection in Nepal. A 35-year-old youth from Arghakhanchi, who was returning from India, had died on his way home.
