POKHARA: A Covid-19 infected person died while undergoing treatment at the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences on Wednesday night.

The 36-year-old woman of Pokhara Metropolitan City-13 who was receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Covid-19 Treatment Centre in the Academy passed away at 11:00 pm yesterday, informed Dr Arjun Acharya, Director of the Academy.

The deceased was admitted to the hospital on October 21.

With this latest fatality, the number of Covid-19 related fatalities in Gandaki Province has reached 71.