Friday Nov 22, 2024
Friday Nov 22, 2024

Three more Nepalis die abroad due to Covid-19


Nepalnews
2021 Feb 28, 18:14, Kathmandu
Medics and police officers check a shipment of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine inside a truck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Photo: AP via RSS

Three more Nepalis have succumbed to coronavirus infection abroad last week, according to the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA).

NRNA health committee press coordinator Chiran Sharma said that two Nepalis died in the UK and one in Portugal last week. With this, the number of Nepalis who died in various 21 countries abroad reached 339 till Saturday evening. 

Similarly, Covid-19 was reported among 62,401 Nepalis in 53 countries so far. Among them, 60,124 Nepalis have recovered, shared coordinator Sharma, adding this puts the recovery rate among the Nepalis abroad at 96.3 per cent. 

Italy and Ukraine had reported the first cases of Covid-19 among the Nepalis, according to NRNA.

In Nepal, the Covid-19 caseload stands at 274,065. Among them, 270,325 have fully recovered taking the recovery rate at 98.6 per cent. 

Covid-19 fatalities have cross 2,500 in Nepal. 

READ ALSO: 


Nepal's First Online News Portal
Published by Nepalnews Pvt Ltd
Editor: Raju Silwal
Information Department Registration No. 1505 / 076-77

Contact

Kathmandu, Nepal,


Newsroom
##

E-mail
nepalnewseditor@gmail.com

Terms of Use Disclaimer
© NepalNews. 2021 All rights reserved. | Nepal's First News Portal