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.
Record jump in Covid cases signals impending crisis
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Record jump in virus cases signals impending crisis in Nepal AFP 9 hrs ago © - Nepal shares a 1,850-kilometre (1,150-mile) open border with India
Health workers and authorities in Nepal are struggling to contain a massive surge of Covid-19 cases as infections spill over from neighbouring India s deadly second wave. © Kenan AUGEARD Covid-19 cases and deaths per day in Nepal as of May 6.
In the last three weeks, Nepal s daily case trajectory has shot up with two out of five people tested now returning positive. On Thursday, Nepal reported 9,023 cases, the highest single day increase.
More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official figures.
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Covid-19: Record jump in cases signals impending crisis in Nepal
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A Covid-19 patient arrives at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP
Massive surge in cases as infections spill over from neighbouring India’s deadly second wave
Health workers and authorities in Nepal are struggling to contain a massive surge of Covid-19 cases as infections spill over from neighbouring India’s deadly second wave.
In the last three weeks, Nepal’s daily case trajectory has shot up with two out of five people tested now returning positive. On Thursday, Nepal reported 9,023 cases, the highest single day increase.
More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official figures.
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