Country records 2,071new cases of coronavirus

Kathmandu - A total of 2,071new cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in the country on Sunday. According to Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Jageshwar Gautam, 1416 are from the Kathmandu valley out of the total cases recorded in the past 24 hours.

Dr Gautam said that 1,145 cases are from Kathmandu district, 110 from Bhaktapur and 161 are from Lalitpur. With this, total number of cases of the virus reached 107, 755 in the country.

Dr Gautam added that 22 persons died of infection in the past 24 hours in the country. So far, the number of deaths caused by the infection reached 636 in the country. According to Ministry, 76 infected people are undergoing treatment in ventilators while 329 are in ICU support in different hospitals across the country.