CHITWAN: Another COVID-19 patient has succumbed to the pandemic in the district on Sunday.

A 75-year-old woman of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-1 died at Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur.

She was admitted to the hospital on Thursday with asthma, high blood pressure and pneumonia. Her COVID-19 report was positive the next day.

She died this morning while undergoing treatment at the hospital’s COVID Intensive Care Unit, the hospital said.

The number of deaths due to the pandemic in the district has reached 33.