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Nepal reports 817 COVID-19 cases in a single week



KATHMANDU: Nepal has reported 817 new cases of coronavirus in the past one week alone.

This number is more than half of the 1,401 people infected in Nepal by 4 pm on Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Health, coronavirus was confirmed in 19 people on Sunday, 79 on Monday, 90 on Tuesday, 114 on Wednesday, 156 on Thursday, 170 on Friday and 189 on Saturday.

The number of infected people has reached 817 in just one week after the number of daily infected people started to increase to more than 100 since Wednesday.

Seven people have died and 219 recovered in Nepal so far.

Publish Date : 31 May 2020 11:41 AM

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