Oct 29. Nepal on Thursday reported 17 Covid-19-related fatalities taking the death toll to 904. The country also recorded 2,364 new cases, pushing the national infection tally to 164,718.
The number of active cases stands at 38,952 as 124,862 people have made successful recovery—3,038 of them in the past 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu Valley recorded 1,615 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,338 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 180 in Lalitpur and 97 in Bhaktapur.
As of Thursday, the number of confirmed cases in the Valley has reached 73,103. While Kathmandu has reported 209 Covid-19-related fatalities so far, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur have recorded 61 and 58 deaths respectively.
According to the ministry, 436 individuals from Bagmati Province, 156 from Province 2, 124 from Lumbini Province, 114 from Province 1, 47 from Gandaki Province, 17 from Sudurpaschim Province, and 10 from Karnali Province have died of Covid-19 so far.
The country has witnessed 146,724 infections and 864 deaths since July 22. A total of 17,994 cases and 40 deaths were registered until July 21, when the government decided to end the nationwide lockdown after four months.
As of Thursday, 1,419,064 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.
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