Nepal reports highest single-day deaths from COVID-19 Xinhua 20 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10 KATHMANDU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Nepal Wednesday reported 246 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day record, taking the death toll from the disease to 5,657. The latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Population showed that the total COVID-19 cases stood at 480,418, with 8,064 new infections confirmed in the past 24 hours. As the Himalayan country has been exposed to the variants of coronavirus first spotted in neighboring India, Nepal has seen over 100 deaths each day since May 10 and the figure rose to about 200 per day in the last week, according to the ministry.