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Nepal logs eight Covid-19 fatalities on Monday; death-toll reaches 157

Nepal logs eight Covid-19 fatalities on Monday; death-toll reaches 157

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: Eight more patients diagnosed with coronavirus infection have succumbed to the disease, confirmed the Ministry of Health and Population, at its regular media briefing, on Monday. Among the deceased, three are females while five are males. One male each from Sunsari and Morang districts, of ages 68 and 65 years respectively, have passed away due to Covid-19. Similarly, two females from Parsa and Kathmandu, aged 70 and 48 years respectively, have died from the highly contagious respiratory infection. Meanwhile, four deaths have been reported from Rupandehi district -- that of three males of ages 38, 53 and 54 years, and a 67-year-old female. With the recent addition of fatalities, Nepal's Covid-19 death-toll has now advanced to 157. READ ALSO: Nepal’s Covid-19 count crosses 32,000-mark with 743 new cases logged today