JHAPA: Three coronavirus infected people died in Jhapa district on Sunday.

A 55-year-old woman of Damak Municipality-7 died on the way to a hospital at 6:00 this evening, according to Kuber Bhattarai of the Health Section of the municipality. Infected with the virus for four days, the woman died on her way to the Damak-based Advanced Hospital.

Prior to this, two men passed away in the municipality on Sunday morning. With this, 18 persons died of the virus in Damak and 47 in the district of Jhapa.