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First coronavirus related death reported in Chitwan

First coronavirus related death reported in Chitwan

By Tilak Rimal

FILE - Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan. Courtesy: Facebook

CHITWAN: First death related to the coronavirus infection has been reported in Chitwan district, on Tuesday. The deceased is a 68-year-old male of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11. He was transferred from Narayani Community Hospital where he was undergoing treatment to Bharatpur Hospital after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday evening. According to Dr Shreeram Tiwari, Medical Superintendent at Bharatpur Hospital, the patient died at 7:05 am today. He had asthma. Among the 310 PCR tests conducted at Bharatpur-based laboratory on Monday, 30 tested positive for the infection, 24 of them from Chitwan district.