Kathmandu, April 30 -- As aresurgence of Covid-19engulfs Nepal, the two incinerators at the sole electric crematorium in Kathmandu have been in operation non-stop for the past week.

The daily death toll on Thursday and Friday surpassed the highest daily rate during the first peak in October. The number of new cases detected every day is now also at about the same level as the highest point last year, andthe rate of increase is much steeper.

On Friday, 5,657 new cases were reported across Nepal, with nearly 3,000 of them in Kathmandu Valley. There were 33 Covid-19 fatalities on Friday, and 35 on Thursday - most of them in Kathmandu Valley. The official death toll from Covid-19 is now 3,279, although public health experts put the number a...