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COVID-19 cases in Kapilvatu surpass 1,000

After Taulihawa, Krishnanagar reports community transmission
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By Kiran Man Bajracharya

After Taulihawa, Krishnanagar reports community transmission



KAPILVASTU, Aug 20: Kapilvastu has reported a total of 1,006 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday afternoon. With this, Kapilvastu has become the district with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Province 5.


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Twenty four other people including 10 policemen from Krishnanagar Municipality were diagnosed with this viral infection on Thursday alone. “All the new cases are found to be community-level transmissions,” said Kumar Thapa, focal person at the District Health Office, Kapilvastu. Krishnanagar which shares its southern border with India has turned into a COVID-19 hotspot in recent days.


District headquarters Taulihawa earlier had also reported community level transmission of COVID-19.

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