KATHMANDU:  A 35-year-old man has died of coronavirus in the course of treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

Kidney patient, who tested positive for the COVID-19 during a PCR test at the laboratory of the hospital on September 24, breathed his last this morning.

Originally from Agnisair Krishnasawaran rural municipality-4, Saptari, the patient was also suffering from diabetes and kidney ailments.

He was being treated on ventilator at COVID-19 Hospital after his condition deteriorated, said Dr Nidesh Sapkota, the information officer at the Institute.