Record breaking 7448 Covid-19 infection cases reported in Nepal

May 3, Kathmandu: The Health Ministry has reported 74 hundred and 48 new corona virus infection cases in the last 24 hours.  This  figure is the highest single day spike of Covid-19 cases in a single day in Nepal since the pandemic began.

Similarly, 2 thousand and 21 people have recovered from the infection in the same period.

As per the Ministry’s update, Nepal’s active corona infection cases have now crossed 54 thousand.

The ministry has also reported 37 corona related deaths in last 24 hours. This has pushed Nepal’s corona related death toll to 33 hundred and 62.

Meantime, the Health Ministry has directed all the hospitals to arrange adequate quantity of oxygen cylinders to facilitate the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari has informed that all the hospitals were asked to maintain oxygen facilities to treat the infected ones.

The Ministry has also instructed the hospitals not to keep any oxygen cylinders on hold and refill them timely.

The public have also been urged not to stock the oxygen cylinders unnecessarily. There are 30 hospitals having their own oxygen plants.