In the last 12 hours, five additional people in Banke district have died from coronavirus.
Last night, a 50-year-old lady from Banke’s Raptisonari rural municipality-7 died at the Kohalpur Medical College.
Similarly, an octogenarian from Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan-12 died of the virus early this morning at Bheri Hospital, according to a hospital source.
Last evening, a 31-year-old Lamjung man died while receiving treatment at the Bheri Hospital.
An 83-year-old man from Dang Tulsipur-7 died last night, according to Kohalpur Medical College officials.
A 40-year-old woman from Kailali Ghodaghodi-1 died on Monday morning at Bheri Hospital.
So far, 291 people have perished in Banke.
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