KATHMANDU, Aug 30 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepal recorded over 200 deaths from COVID-19, as the fatality from the pandemic doubled in just two weeks, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population said.
Even though the fatality rate was low compared to infections in the earlier months, there has been a surge in deaths in recent weeks as the pandemic spreads among the communities.
COVID-19 related deaths crossed the 100 mark on Aug 15, with total deaths of 102 till that date.
“Death toll from the pandemic reached 207 with 12 deaths in the last 24 hours,” said Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the health ministry.
The Himalayan country witnessed deaths of 12 persons, record high single day deaths, on Friday and Saturday consecutively.
According to Gautam, the dead aged between 30 and 84 in the last 24 hours.
On May 16, Nepal reported the first death from the pandemic — a 29-year-old woman.
Until July 21, since the first death, Nepal reported a total of 40 deaths. But, after the lock-down was lifted on July 22, which allowed almost all economic and social activities to operate, death toll also started to climb rapidly, along with resurgence in COVID-19 cases.– NNN-NEPALNEWS
In a recent interview Gautam told Xinhua that after the lockdown was lifted, the pandemic spread among all groups of people including young, elderly and the people with existing conditions which resulted in high number of deaths.
Along with the deaths, the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition is also on the rise. As of Saturday, 175 patients are taking treatment at intensive care units while 22 others have been kept with the support of ventilators, according to the health ministry.
Meanwhile, the ministry reported new 884 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total infections to 37,340.
