KATHMANDU: Although the number of infected people seems to have decreased as the government has been reducing PCR tests, the number of deaths from coronavirus in the country is increasing with each passing month.
A total of 1,777 people have succumbed to the pandemic as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
The highest number of 571 deaths was reported in November when statistics from the past six months are analyzed. According to the Ministry of Health, 271 people died from the pandemic in December as of Saturday, 439 in October, 270 in September, 172 in August, 27 in July, and 29 in June.
At present, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is 0.73 percent, media reports said on Sunday.
According to Dr. Rajendra BC, a senior public health expert, and researcher, the CFR in Kathmandu Valley is 0.61 percent, 0.5 percent in Kathmandu, 1.01 percent in Lalitpur, and 1.16 percent in Bhaktapur. Similarly, Bagmati has a CFR of 0.67 percent.
The daily infection rate has been low due to the decline in PCR testing in the last one month.
Experts say that if the test is increased, the infection rate will be higher. They have warned that if there was no real reduction in the infection rate, failure to strict adherence to public health rules could lead to a possible second wave.
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