INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU: Two COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at Patan Hospital have succumbed to the contagion on Friday morning.
A 45-year-old man
from Sarlahi died at around 9:00 am today during the course of treatment for coronavirus infection at the isolation ward, Patan Hospitals
Director Bishnu Prasad Sharma told THT Online.
Likewise, a 41-year-old female from Sunauli receiving treatment at the hospitals isolation
ward also passed away today at around 11:00 am, the hospital director informed
Apart from the viral infection, she had been suffering from ovarian cancer, Sharma said.
He added that Nepali Army personnel have prepared
to conduct final rites of the deceased as per the protocol set by the government.
With these fatalities, the total death toll in Nepal from
the coronavirus contagion has now reached 68 including a death reported in Siraha district earlier today.
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