SURKHET: As many as 70 people have been confirmed to be infected with coronavirus in Karnali Province on Saturday.

According to the Public Health Services Division under the Ministry of Social Development, 40 people from Surkhet and 30 people from Dailekh have been infected with coronavirus in a test conducted at the State Hospital and Avian Disease Investigation Laboratory in Surkhet.

With this, total cases in Karnali Province have reached 916.

Similarly, nine infected people, all from Dailekh, have returned home on Saturday. They are. The number of people recovering from coronavirus in the Province has reached 91.