RAJBIRAJ, JANUARY 18
As many as 65 persons tested positive for COVID-19 and an infected person died in Saptari today.
Of the 75 swab samples collected in Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital today, 65 tested positive, said District Health Office, Saptari. The health office said that as many as 56 security personnel were infected with the deadly virus.
Chief of District Health Office Duniya Lal Yadav said that security personnel at Rajbiraj-based contact office of Madhes Province Police Training Centre, Janakpur, were infected with the virus.
Similarly, four judges and two staffers of Saptari District Court and High Court, Janakpur and Rajbiraj bench have also been infected with the virus.
Seventy-year-old Chameli Sah of Rupani Rural Municipality died due to COVID-19 during treatment in Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital last night. Virus cases have been increasing in the district for the last one week. According to statistics with the district health office, as many as five persons tested positive on Thursday, seven on Friday, eight on Saturday, nine on Sunday, 11 yesterday and 65 today.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 19, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
