गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Three more succumbs to COVID-19 in Jhapa Nepal Three more succumbs to COVID-19 in Jhapa KathmanduPati November 01, 2020 JHAPA – Three people succumbed to COVID-19 in Jhapa district this morning. Three men from Damak Municipality, Kamal Rural Municipality and Gauradaha Municipality succumbed to the disease. The health section at Damak Municipality recorded the death of a 50-year-old man from Damak-7. He died while receiving treatment at Noble Teaching Hospital in Biratnagar. He had tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. With this, Damak Municipality alone has recorded 16 COVD-19 related deaths. Similarly, a 72-year-old man from Kamal Rural Municipality-5 died at his own residence. He was suffering from kidney disease. The number of those dying in home isolation has reached three in the rural municipality, according to Chairperson Menuka Kafle. A 74-year-old man from Milan Chowk of Gauradaha-4 also died in home isolation. Health section chief at Gauradah Municipality, Govinda Shrestha, informed that his is the sixth death related to COVID-19 in the municipality. The latest fatalities have taken the death toll in Jhapa district to 43. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepal PM Balen Shah urges unity and hope amid Dashain… Nepal PM Balen Shah expected to visit India in Mid-November Climate change could displace 40.5 million South Asians by 2050 PM Shah expresses commitment to making police organization capable Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING The Role of the Nepalese Army in Strategic Road Projects National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Impact of Social Media on Nepalese Society Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki Nepal Army’s mission in Lebanon provides Covid support kits to local municipalities Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around