INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: As many as six new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the Kathmandu valley on Sunday
With this, the Covid-19 tally in the three districts of the valley has reached 347.
Among the three districts, Kathmandu has registered the
highest number of Covid-19 cases, with 232 infections identified so far
Likewise, Lalitpur has reported 71 cases while Bhaktapurtally stands at 44, till date.
According to the Director of Epidemiology and Disease
Control Division, Dr Basudev Pandey, majority of those detected to have contracted the disease had recently returns from other countries and
other districts from within the country
However, a few people with no travel history also tested positive for Covid-19.
Dr Pandey concluded that the limit of testing has to be
expanded further while contact tracing also needs to be done extensively to identify the source of infection in the people with no travel
history.
Five cases in Kathmandu and one case in Lalitpur were recorded today.
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