Kathmandu, April 2 -- Two weeks ago, there were two Covid-19 patients at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.

On Thursday there were 12. And all these cases are serious, doctors at the hospital said.

They predict that the number of patients at the hospital will continue to rise.

"We expect that cases will increase after the Nepali new year and all [60] beds will be occupied within a month," Dr Sagar Rajbhandari, director at the Infectious Disease Hospital, told the Post. "We may have to convert the entire hospital into Covid hospital after a month, if immediate measures are not taken to contain the spread of infections."

Of the 70 to 150 tests performed at the hospital every day now, the case positivity rate stands a...