Nepal's coronavirus fatality toll climbs to 15 on Tuesday
Nepal's coronavirus fatality toll climbs to 15 on Tuesday
Published: 04:48 pm Jun 09, 2020
KATHMANDU: Nepal has reported an additional coronavirus death on Tuesday, as it's official Covid-19 death toll steps on 15. 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. The Health Ministry, in its confirmation statement, said that the person was a hypertensive and a diabetic too and had developed pneumonia. This is the first Covid-19 death to be recorded in Chitwan. READ ALSO: