New Delhi (NVI) Nepal registered 189 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single day spike, taking the national tally to 1,401, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, of the infected, 109 people are from Kapilvastu district, 17 from Sarlahi, 14 from Dailekh, 11 from Siraha, nine from Saptari, seven from Dhanusha.
Apart from that, six cases from Rautahat, five from Dang, four from Mahottari, two each from Parsa and Sankhuwasabha, and one each from Bara, Jhapa and Lalitpur districts.
Currently, 53 of the 77 districts and all the Provinces have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus.
As many as 160 cases have been detected in nine districts of Province 1; 547 cases have been seen in eight districts of Province 2; and 45 cases in 12 districts of Bagmati Province.
Likewise, 20 cases have been reported in five districts of Gandaki Province; 547 cases in nine districts of Province 5; 61 cases in three districts of Karnali Province; and 21 cases in seven districts of Sudurpaschim Province.
With this, 1,288 males and 113 females have been infected with the virus across the country.
Meanwhile, 66,729 tests have been carried out using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method so far. Out of this, 2,575 samples were tested through the PCR method in the last 24 hours.
So far, six people have died of coronavirus in Nepal.
At present, 219 people have been cured form the virus and discharged.
