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Man succumbs to COVID-19 in Kathmandu, Nepal’s death toll reaches 32



KATHMANDU: Nepal’s death toll from coronavirus has reached 32 as of Friday afternoon after a man died in Kathmandu.

Speaking at a regular press briefing Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr. Jageshwor Gautam said that an 85-year-old man living in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu succumbed to coronavirus.

The man died while undergoing treatment at the ICU of a private hospital at 11 pm on Wednesday.

The man was also suffering from hypertension and Parkinson and had tested positive for coronavirus, Spokesperson Dr. Gautam said.

Deaths so far:

Earlier, a 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchowk, a 25-year-old man from Banke’s Narainapur, a 41-year-old man from Gulmi and a 70-year-old man from Bara’s Kalaiya died due to coronavirus in Nepal.

Similarly, a 52-year-old man from Lalitpur, a man from Arghakhanchi, a 35-year-old man of Dullu-11 of Dailekh, a 2-year-old girl of Bajura, a 76-year-old man of Dolakha and a 45-year-old man of Palpa had also died due to coronavirus.

A 58-year-old man from Jagadulla-3 of Dolpa, a 28-year-old man from Panchpuri Municipality-1 of Surkhet, a 55-year-old woman from Kailali, a 58-year-old man from Syangja and a 68-year-old man from Bharatpur Municipality-11 had died.

Likewise, a 57-year-old man of Malarani of Arghakhanchi, a five-year-old boy of Bara, a man found dead in Birgunj, a 26-year-old man of Gulmi and a 46-year-old woman of Banke had died due to coronavirus.

Similarly, a 46-year-old man of Godavari-4 and a 46-year-old man of Godavari-4 of Kailali had died.

Likewise, a man who died in home quarantine in Gulmi had tested positive for coronavirus taking the country’s death tally to 23.

A 45-year-old man succumbed to coronavirus in Surkhet on June 22, taking Nepal’s death toll from the pandemic to 24.

The death toll from coronavirus pandemic in Nepal has reached 25 after a 55-year-old man died of the deadly virus in Pokhara and toll hit 26 when a man hailing from Chitwan died at Patan Hospital.

The death toll from coronavirus had reached 27 after a woman who died in Dang had tested positive for coronavirus.

The death toll from coronavirus had reached 28 in Nepal after a COVID-19 patient died in Chitwan and the death toll had reached 29 in Nepal after a COVID-19 patient died in Lalitpur district.

A man in Achham died while living in home quarantine and a 49-day-old baby died of coronavirus at Teaching Hospital taking the toll to 31.

Publish Date : 03 July 2020 16:41 PM

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