KATHMANDU: Nepal has reported over 200 coronavirus deaths as the fatalities from the pandemic doubled in just two weeks, the Ministry of Health and Population has said.
Even though the fatality rate was low compared to infections in the earlier months, there has been a surge in the number of deaths in recent weeks as the virus continued to spread among communities.
Covid-19 deaths had crossed the 100 mark on August 15.
The current death toll has reached 221 with 14 new deaths.
On May 16, Nepal reported the first coronavirus death — a 29-year-old woman.
Until July 21 since the first death, Nepal reported a total of 40 fatalities.
But, after the lockdown was lifted on July 22 which allowed almost all economic and social activities to operate, the death toll also started to climb rapidly along with the resurgence in cases.
Along with deaths, the number of infected patients in critical condition is also on the rise.
Meanwhile, the Ministry reported new 1,221 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the overall nationwide caseload to 38,561.
Similarly, 267 persons have recovered so far. In the last 24 hours, 20,822 were recorded to be free from the virus.
There are 17,518 active cases of coronavirus. Among them, 6,900 are in home isolation and 10,612 in institutional isolation.
Currently, 144 persons are undergoing treatment at the ICU ward while 17 are on ventilator support.
Comment