DHANGAHDI: Dhangadhi-based Seti Provincial Hospital reported a Covid-19 related fatality on Friday.

According to the hospital, a 73-year-old male of Bhimdutta Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur district -- undergoing treatment on a ventilator at the Corona Temporary Hospital -- died on Thursday night.

The deceased had been admitted to the hospital on December 9 after he tested positive for the contagion.

With this latest fatality, the number of Covid-19 deaths has reached 61 in Sudurpaschim.