New Delhi (NVI): Nine new coronavirus cases were detected in Nepal today, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the Himalayan nation to 304, local media reports said.
According to Nepal health officials, the newly identified cases belong to Bara and Rautahat districts.
Of the infected, seven males– aged between 21 and 30 years, and a 28-year-old female are from Rautahat while another male is from Bara.
The 38-year-old male from Bara district, who tested positive for the virus, has been known to be a journalist from Karaiyamai Rural Municipality-5 in Bara district and working in district headquarters Kalaiya, reports said.
Earlier, a 25-year-old male journalist of Triyuga Municipality in Udayapur district and two other journalists from Parsa were also detected with COVID-19 infection.
So far, two people have succumbed to the disease in Nepal.
A 25-year-old man from Banke passed away on Sunday while the first case, that of a 29-year-old new mother from Sindhupalchok, was reported on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Nepal government has extended the ongoing nationwide lockdown till June 2.
There are 266 active cases in Nepal, while 36 patients have recovered so far.
