CHITWAN: A 52-year-old woman infected with COVID-19 has died at the Chitwan Medical College on Friday.

The woman from Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-11 who was under treatment at the Covid ICU of Chitwan Medical College passed away this afternoon, Hospital Director Dr Dayaram Lamsal said.

A team of Dr Sheetal Adhikari and Dr Lamsal had started treating the woman using plasma therapy on Thursday night.

The woman was admitted to the Medical College on August 27 after suffering from respiratory and chest problem. With this the number of people dead from coronavirus has reached 21 in Chitwan.