Eight people including five women and three men died in course of treatment at different hospitals in Banke in the past 24 hours.

NEPALGUNJ, APRIL 25

With the start of the second wave of coronavirus, the number of Covid-19 deaths has started to climb in Banke district.

A 36-year-old man of Kohalpur Municipality-10 died of Covid-19 at the Teaching Hospital in Kohalpur today at 2:30 am, taking the total death toll in the district to 180, according to Tej Oli, resource person at the district Covid Crisis Management Centre, Banke.

Meanwhile, eight people including five women and three men died in course of treatment at different hospitals in Banke in the past 24 hours.

So far, 80 residents of Banke and 100 from outside the district have died during treatment for Covid-19 in the district after the advent of the coronavirus pandemic.

The deceased include 33 women and 47 men from Banke and 25 women and 75 men from outside the district.

Currently, Banke has 2,128 active cases of Covid-19, with 86 in serious condition and seven in ventilator support, undergoing treatment at Bheri hospital, Teaching hospital in Kohalpur, White House isolation and Kohalpur Municipality isolation centres.

Another 1,980 persons are in home isolation, according to resource person Oli.