In grim milestone, Nepal logs twentieth Covid-19 death

By THT Online

Published: 04:44 pm Jun 17, 2020

This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. Research released on Thursday, May 28, 2020 shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cancer patients. Those who developed COVID-19 were much more likely to die within a month than people without cancer who got it, two studies found. Photo: NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP

KATHMANDU: Nepal's coronavirus-infection death toll has advanced to 20 as one additional fatality was confirmed by the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday. A 46-year-old woman from Baijnath Municipality-6 in Banke district was the latest person to succumb to Covid-19. The deceased was under treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur, for lupus nephritis. She passed away on June 15 and the reports for her swab came out on June 16, which resulted in a positive. Read Also: Daily spike hits 500 for the first time, Nepal's Covid-19 tally crosses 7000 on Wednesday

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In grim milestone, Nepal logs twentieth Covid-19 death