BANKE: Two COVID-19 infected people have died in the course of treatment at Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital and Kohalpur Medical College in Banke district.

A 45-year-old man from Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City-11 died at Bheri Hospital while an 81-year-old man from Tulsipur-5 succumbed to the virus at Kohalpur Medical College on Thursday night, according to District COVID-19 Crisis Management Center, Banke.

The 45-year-old had been hospitalized on November 20 and the octogenarian on November 28 after testing positive for COVID-19.