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Nine fatalities due to Covid-19 recorded on Sunday, death-toll totals to 289

Nine fatalities due to Covid-19 recorded on Sunday, death-toll totals to 289

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: Nine people passed away from Covid-19 related complications in the last 24 hours, with which the nationwide death-toll has moved to 289. Of the nine, two females and seven males lost their lives due to the infection. The two deceased women are a 64-year-old from  Morang and a 45-year-old from Jhapa. Meanwhile, the seven males are a 45-year-old from Morang, a 77-year-old from Parsa, a 35-year-old from Dhanusha, three patients of ages 74, 68 and 85 from Kathmandu and a 70-year-old from Chitwan. On Saturday too nine fatalities from Covid-19 were registered at various places across the country. Read Also: Nepal’s Covid-19 tally reaches 46,257 with 980 new cases on Sunday