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One more succumbs to coronavirus in Chitwan

KathmanduPati August 23, 2020

Bharatpur- One more person has succumbed to the coronavirus in Chitwan. A 65-year-old woman of Hetauda sub-metropolis, Makwanpur, died whilst undergoing treatment at the Old Medical College Hospital in Bharatpur-10 on Saturday.

However, she was diagnosed with the virus only after her death. Her swab sample had been taken on August 17 but she died before the report arrived, said information officer at Bharatpur hospital Liladhar Poudel. She had been admitted to the hospital for treatment of a liver-related ailment.

Additionally on Saturday, another man who died while undergoing treatment at the same hospital was diagnosed with the virus. The 75-year-old from Hetauda died on Thursday night but was known to be positive only on Saturday morning.