Kathmandu Valley has recorded its highest single day rise in new coronavirus cases with 138 new cases on Wednesday (12th August, 2020).
Of the 138 cases, 111 were confirmed in Kathmandu, 19 in Lalitpur, and 8 in Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur District, which had posted zero new cases in the past couple of days has had its streak broken.
Moreover, 484 cases of COVID-19 were recorded across the nation in the last 24 hours taking the national tally to 24,432 including 16,728 cases of recovery and 91 death cases.
Meanwhile, Nepal has recorded 8 Covid-19 related fatalities in the past 24 hours, Nepal’s highest single day death toll since the onset of the pandemic.
The eight fatalities were residents of Kathmandu, Dhading, Dhanusa, Saptari, Morang, Kapilavastu, and Bara Districts respectively.
