Kathmandu, Feb 2 (TIWN) In the last few days, major hospitals based in Kathmandu have witnessed fewer people coming to get tested for Covid-19 leading to a decrease in new case numbers.

"Around 250 to 300 people are getting tested for coronavirus in the last few days. As many as 500 people were tested in a day just a week ago," Xinhua news agency quoted Prajwol Shrestha, deputy director at Bir Hospital, the largest in Nepal now treating Covid-19 patients only, as saying.

The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital has also reported a fall.