Seventy three COVID-19 cases found in a single rural municipality

Kathmandu - The Kachanakawal rural municipality among the 15 local levels in Jhapa district has reported the highest number people with coronavirus infection. Out of the 79 COVID-19 cases in the district, 73 are from this rural municipality, the District Health Office Jhapa said. It stated that coronavirus infection was confirmed in 25 more people in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted at the Koshi Zonal Hospital Biratnagar's laboratory on Thursday.

Before this 48 people had tested positive for coronavirus and they had been sent to the COVID-19 hospital Biratnagar and Dharan for treatment. Kachanakawal rural municipality chief Anjar Alam said the 25 people who were found infected with COVID-19 on Thursday have been sent to Biratnagar for treatment. According to him, a majority of the affected people have returned home from Mumbai, Delhi and Gujarat of India.