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Eleven Covid-19 fatalities recorded in a single-day; death-toll advances to 175

Eleven Covid-19 fatalities recorded in a single-day; death-toll advances to 175

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: The Ministry of Health and Population has recorded eleven more fatalities from coronavirus contagion across the nation in the past 24 hours. Among the deceased are two females and nine males, stated ministry spokesperson Dr Jageshwar Gautam. A 46-year-old woman from Morang and another 53-year-old woman from Bhaktapur have succumbed to the respiratory infection. Two males each from Kailali (45 and 50 years) and Bara (41 and 46 years) have passed away due to Covid-19. Likewise, three males from Mahottari -- aged 60, 72 and 75 years -- lost their lives to the highly contagious infection while one male each from Banke (37-year-old) and Kathmandu (51-year-old) succumbed to the coronavirus disease. With this, total death-toll from the infection across the country stands at 175. Meanwhile, 885 new cases of coronavirus infection was reported today taking the nationwide Covid-19 count to 34,418.