Health Ministry says 139 deaths based on statistics from the Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre and Nepal Army.

Authorities say there is uneven distribution of oxygen and they needed to step in to address shortage in a coordinated way. Police have also stepped in.

Nationwide coronavirus infection tally reaches 394,667. Number of active cases stands at 88,160.

Oxygen manufacturers say demand has gone up four times their production capacity. China has given 3,500 cylinders as a grant but they will take three weeks to arrive.

With 8,287 new infections recorded out of 17,315 PCR tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the positivity rate was 48 percent, the highest till date, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

Over the past months, conflicting narratives have emerged on what went wrong in the Health Ministry that left the country without vaccines, as virus crisis deepens.

Friday is the first time that the country crossed the 9,000-mark in new Covid-19 cases. Of the total PCR tests, 45 percent returned positive results.

Officials fail to heed the fundamentals like increasing contact tracing and testing as they see lockdowns as only option.

Thursday is the second consecutive day the country has recorded over 8,000 new infections, with 44 percent of total tests returning positive results.

The government should coordinate with private hospitals to give services to the general public as state-run hospitals cannot cope with rising number of cases, doctors say.

Experts say prohibitory orders can slow the spread of the coronavirus but until there are other measures simultaneously in place, a let-up in the surge is unlikely.

This is the first time ever since the beginning of the pandemic that the country has recorded over 8,000 new infections, with 41 percent of total tests returning positive results.

Country records highest daily coronavirus death toll and new cases. Oli’s chest-thumping and false claims continue as vaccine supply is nowhere in sight. 47 percent of total tests return positive results.

Social support, sufficient sleep, physical activities and limiting social media time are some ways to cope with the situation, experts say.

This is the third consecutive day the country has recorded over 7,000 new infections, with 47 percent of total tests returning positive results.

Frontline health workers at both public and private hospitals were prioritised for Covid-19 vaccines so that they would work to save lives. Private hospitals cannot shirk their responsibilities, say experts.

Such tests at border points could have been helpful but they were few and far between, experts say.

The countrywide infection tally has reached 343,418, with the number of active cases at 54,041.

As deaths and hospital admissions soar, all age groups under threat as active cases near 50,000. Country reported 27 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 3,325.

Doctors say increasing number of beds and keeping an eye on possible hoarding of oxygen cylinders, as well as expanding testing, should be immediate priority.