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Four fatalities reported today, Nepal's coronavirus death-toll close to 100

Four fatalities reported today, Nepal's coronavirus death-toll close to 100

By THT Online

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak, shared with Reuters on February 18, 2020. Photo: NEXU Science Communication/via Reuters

KATHMANDU: The Health Ministry in its daily media briefing confirmed that four Covid-19 related deaths have been reported from four districts of the country in the last 24 hours. A 45-year-old male from Matihani Municipality-6 in Mahottari district passed away on Sunday (August 9) at Ramjanaki Hospital. He was diagnosed with Covid-19. The deceased was a patient of tuberculosis and diabetes. Likewise, a 85-year-old female from Mithila Municipality-7 in Dhanusha district passed away on Wednesday (August 12) from COVID-19 while receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. An 18-year-old male, resident of Ramaroshan Rural Municipality-5 in Achham district, died from COVID-19 at Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Lalitpur on Wednesday. He had a heart condition. Similarly, a 57-year-old male from Biratnagar Metropolitan City- 3 in Morang district succumbed to COVID-19 while under treatment at Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar, on Wednesday. He was a patient of diabetes and hypertension. With the four recent additions, Nepal's Covid-19 death-toll has reached 95. On Wednesday, eight deaths from coronavirus-infection were reported, which is the highest number of fatalities reported in a single day.