Nepal has made a week-long quarantine compulsory for those arriving from South African Nations or using any of the nations as transit to prevent contraction of
Send Nepal on Sunday reported a record 7,137 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily surge in the country.
Kathmandu:
According to the latest data received from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), as many as 7,137 new cases of COVID-19 were detected while conducting RT-PCR tests on 16,147 people in the past 24 hours.
There are currently 48,711 active cases across the country. Similarly, 1,612 people who were earlier infected have been discharged after their recovery in the past 24 hours.
The Health Ministry also recorded 27 more fatalities due to COVID-19, taking the total number of Coronavirus related death to 3325.
The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nepal has increased by 136.8 per cent compared to the last week.