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Nepal records 39th coronavirus related death today 

Nepal records 39th coronavirus related death today 

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: One more person has succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the country on Wednesday, taking the total death-toll from the disease to 39. A 36-year-old male, resident of Paroha Municipality-7 in Rautahat district, passed away today at 2:30 pm while under treatment, confirmed the Ministry of Health and Population. The deceased had gone to Bangalore in India to carry out the final rites of his elder brother who had also died from COVID-19, stated the Ministry. He had returned back to Nepal on July 8, following which he was staying under quarantine at Paroha. On Monday, July 13, he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Narayani Hospital in Birgunj after suffering from cold, cough, fever, and difficulty in breathing. The same day, his sample was collected and sent to Hetauda for PCR testing. His test results which came out today confirmed that he was positive for coronavirus. He was put into ventilator care since today morning after further complications arose in his health. READ ALSO: 116 new COVID-19 cases take nationwide tally to 17,177