Nepal on Sunday reported seven more Covid-19-related fatalities, pushing the death toll to 2,001. The country also recorded 270 new cases.

The overall infection tally has reached 269,450 with 3,312 active cases.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 264,137 infected people have recovered from the disease so far; of them 403 in the past 24 hours.

Kathmandu Valley recorded 133 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of them, 103 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 25 in Lalitpur and five in Bhaktapur.

As of Sunday, the number of confirmed cases in the Valley has reached 125,876. While Kathmandu has reported 491 Covid-19-related fatalities so far, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have recorded 158 and 114 deaths respectively.

As of Sunday, 2,043,255 PCR tests have been carried out across the country.

A total of 4,413 PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours, according to the data released by the ministry.

In the past 24 hours, four new infections were reported in Province 1,186 in Bagmati Province, 22 in Gandaki Province and 52 in Lumbini Province. 

While Kathmandu has more than 500 active cases, Bhojpur, Kalikot, Rukum (West) and Mugu districts do not have any active cases, according to the ministry.

While 139 individuals infected with the virus are being treated in intensive care units across the country, 23 others—14 in Bagmati Province, six in Gandaki and three in Lumbini—are on ventilator support.

Nepal on Saturday reported eight Covid-19-related deaths and 232 new infections. Similarly, four deaths and 302 new infections were recorded in the country on Friday and four deaths and 336 new infections on Thursday.