17 additional cases of Coronavirus in Far-West

Dhangadhi: 17 people have tested positive for Coronavirus in the last 24 hours in the laboratory of Seti Provincial Hospital in Dhangadhi.

According to Dilip Kumar Shrestha, information officer of Seti Provincial Hospital,  346 people were tested while 17 of them reported positive. According to Information Officer Shrestha, 14 people  including a woman and 13 men from Panchadewal Binayak of Achham tested positive and two women from Khaptad chedhe daha Ward No 1 of Bajura and an 11-year-old boy from Ward No. 6 also tested positive. Presently, the number of infected people in Far-West has reached 4,226 with eight fatalities.