Nepal's COVID-19 death toll advances to 49 on Tuesday

By THT Online

Published: 05:22 pm Jul 28, 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: One more person has succumbed to the coronavirus infection, confirmed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), on Tuesday. A 65-year-old man, permanent resident of Bungal Rural Municipality-3 in Bajhang district, lost his life due to the disease. The person, a patient of an underlying respiratory condition, died on July 24 at his home. According to the ministry, he had returned to Nepal from Bangalore, India, on July 8. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has now advanced to 49. Three fatalities were reported by the ministry only on Monday. READ ALSO: Nationwide COVID-19 tally crosses 19,000 with 311 new cases recorded on Tuesday

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Nepal's COVID-19 death toll advances to 49 on Tuesday