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Another Covid-19 death reported, man from Rautahat passes away in Lalitpur hospital

Another Covid-19 death reported, man from Rautahat passes away in Lalitpur hospital

By THT Online

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: Yet another coronavirus infection related death has been reported in the country on Monday. A 30-year-old man from Rautahat who was brought to Lalitpur-based Star Hospital for treatment on Saturday, at 4:00 pm, passed away on the same day. The patient was in a critical condition when he arrived at the hospital and following the hospital's protocol, he was admitted to the Covid-19 isolation ICU, Dr Anil Pokhrel, who oversees Coronavirus cases at the hospital, informed. He was put in a ventilator and treated for four hours. Unfortunately, the patient succumbed to his ailments and was declared dead at 8:00 pm. His swab sample was drawn after his death which was sent for PCR testing -- the result for which came out positive on Sunday evening, thus confirming that he had contracted the disease, making this a Covid-19 related fatality. With this, Nepal's Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 29.