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Three COVID-19 patients die in Butwal

KathmanduPati October 07, 2020

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BUTWAL : Three COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at different COVID-19 treatment facilities in Butwal have succumbed to the disease. Of the three, two were undergoing treatment at COVID-19 Special Hospital, while another one was being treated at the Lumbini State Hospital.

Among those who died was a 76-year-old man from the Sunwal Municipality ward no 5 in Paschim Nawalparashi. Similarly, a 55-year-old woman from the Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-9 receiving treatment at the same hospital passed away this morning, according to Dr Bishnu Gautam, information officer at the COVID-19 Special Hospital in Butwal.

The woman had been suffering from dry cough, high fever, high blood pressure and diabetes. Likewise, Dr Gautam shared that a 71-year-old woman from Rapti Rural Municipality-8 in Dang district passed away in the Lumbini State Hospital on Tuesday evening. She had also been suffering from high fever, dry cough, high blood pressure and respiratory related complications.