CHITWAN: A 78-year-old man has died from the coronavirus in the course of treatment at Chitwan Medical College (CMC) in Chitwan district.

The septuagenarian of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-10 succumbed to the virus while undergoing treatment on Monday night, said the hospital administration.

The elderly was admitted to CMC on October 10 after testing positive for coronavirus the other day.

He was being treated on ventilator at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital after being diagnosed with the virus.

With this, the number of deaths from coronavirus has reached 36 in Chitwan.