Woman succumbs to coronavirus in Birgunj

KATHMANDU : A woman receiving treatment for the coronavirus infection in an ICU bed of Narayani Hospital in Birgunj has died today. The 55-year-old woman was originally from Dumarwana in Bara.

Suffering from high-fever and severe pneumonia, the woman had been admitted to the hospital on Monday, Hospital’s senior doctor Udaya Narayan Singh said. Her PCR test had been conducted on that very day.

Dr Singh said that the woman died due to severe pneumonia and respiratory related issues. The hospital said that the local administration has been asked to manage the dead body.

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