Health officials raise alarm as country sets new single-day coronavirus spike with 2,020 cases

With the festival season approaching and long-route travel ban lifted, health officials warn unwitting infected travellers from Kathmandu Valley could spark new waves of infections across the country.

Nepal set a single-day coronavirus case record on Friday with 2,020 infections, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 61,593. Kathmandu Valley also recorded the highest daily spike with 859 new infections , of which 698 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, 82 in Bhaktapur and 79 in Lalitpur districts.