Nepal reports more Covid-19 deaths and record daily new infections

An independent research shows the Indian double mutant variant, which a WHO scientist says is more resistant to vaccines, in some samples in the Valley.

On Monday, Nepal reported 139 deaths from Covid-19. The country also reported the highest single-day new cases. Out of 17,623 polymerase chain reaction tests, 9,127 cases tested positive, meaning around 52 out of every hundred tests returned positive, another record.