The Nepali government on Wednesday confirmed its ninth death from the COVID-19 as the total number of cases in the country reached 2,300 with 201 new confirmed cases reported on the day.

"A 76-year-old man from mid-western Dolakha district, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital," Bikas Devkota, a spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, said at a regular press meeting on Wednesday.

According to him, the man was first admitted to the Kathmandu-based Kathmandu Medical College for hemorrhagic stroke on May 26 and was shifted to the Teaching Hospital on May 28 after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Nepal is also seeing a rapid rise in the number of cases in recent days.

On Wednesday, 201 people aged between one-year-old and 80-year-old were confirmed to be infected with the virus. The government on Tuesday reported a record high of 288 cases in a single day as the number of cases crossed 2,000. In less than a week, the number had gone beyond 2,000 after the cases moved past 1,000 on May 28.

In the worst case scenario, Nepal expects over 10,000 cases of COVID-19 with a requirement of keeping over 500 patients at intensive care units and over 1,500 at the hospitals with oxygen support, according to the Health Sector Emergency Response Plan.

Along with the rise in number, the cases have spread to 64 districts out of 77 districts in the country, according to the Health Ministry.

The Nepali government has so far tested 200,000 people with Polymerase Chain Reaction test kits and rapid test kits, according to the Health Ministry.