In the last 24 hours, ten additional people infected with COVID-19 have died in the Rupandehi area.
According to Dr Narayan Pokharel, the information officer of Bhim Hospital, a 57-year-old man from Omsatiya rural municipality-6, a 65-year-old man from Gaidhawa rural municipality-3, Rupandehi, a 45-year-old man from Siddhartha municipality-1, a 45-year-old man from Ramgram municipality, Nawalparasi, a 41-year-old woman from Suddhodhan municipality-5
Tej KC, administrative coordinator of Universal Teaching Hospital, said that a 78-year-old woman from Tilottama municipality-14 died on Wednesday midnight while receiving treatment at the hospital.
Similarly, a 32-year-old man suffering from shortness of breath died while being transported to Bhim Hospital.
On Thursday morning, two more COVID-19 patients died while receiving treatment at COVID Special Hospital, Butwal. A 55-year-old man from Butwal-17 and a 38-year-old lady from Bardaghat, Nawaparasi West were among those killed.