Nepal

Country records 2,071 new cases of coronavirus

KathmanduPati October 11, 2020

KATHMANDU : A total of 2,071new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in the country on Sunday. According to Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam, 1416 cases are from the Kathmandu valley.

Dr Gautam said that 1,145 cases are from the Kathmandu district, 110 from Bhaktapur and 161 from Lalitpur. With this, the total number of cases has reached 107, 755 in the country.

Dr Gautam added that 22 persons succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours. So far, the number of deaths caused by the infection has reached 636.

According to the Ministry, 76 infected people are undergoing treatment in ventilators while 329 are in ICU support in different hospitals across the country.