Death toll of Nepalis abroad due to COVID-19 reaches 315 as three more die

KATHMANDU: Three more Nepalis abroad succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic in the past week.

According to the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), one Nepali national died in the UK and two in Portugal.

With the deaths, the death toll of Nepalis abroad due to the coronavirus has reached 315 as of Saturday evening, said NRNA Health Committee Coordinator Dr. Sanjeev Sapkota.

A total of 53,385 Nepalis in 50 countries have contracted the coronavirus and among them, 50,656 have recovered so far.

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Health and Population, the coronavirus tally in Nepal reached 261,438 as of Saturday afternoon after the country recorded a total of 419 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours.
Likewise, the Ministry shared that now the country has 5,711 reported active cases of the virus.

In the past 24 hours, altogether 750 infected people got recovery from the virus infection. So far, 253,857 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the country.

Similarly, six persons succumbed to the virus across the country in the past 24 hours, hitting the total COVID-19 related deaths to 1,870.