Nepal confirms record high single day spike in COVID-19 cases, total tally surpasses 15,000

Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-03 23:59:29|Editor: huaxia

KATHMANDU, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Nepali government on Friday reported a record high single day spike in COVID-19 cases as total cases in the Himalayan country surpassed 15,000.

Nepali government also confirmed its 32th COVID-19 related death on Friday as a 85-year man from capital Kathmandu died at a hospital on Thursday night.

"With new 740 new cases in the last 24 hours, total COVID-19 cases in Nepal reached 15,259," said Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, at a regular press briefing on Friday.

It is the first time that the Himalayan country witnessed more than 700 cases in a single day. Of 4,483 people tested through rapid testing method and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, 774 were tested positive for novel coronavirus which is 16.5 percent of total testing in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.

Nepal has conducted tests on 242,247 people with both methods. Nepali government plans to conduct a test among 600,000 people, as announced by the Nepali Prime Minister in May. Enditem

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