Nepal has reported the third COVID-19 death on Wednesday. Social Development Minister of Province 5 Sudarshan Baral told Setopati that the infected man from Gulmi has died.
The man, who was confirmed infected on Monday, had been admitted at Crimson Hospital in Tilottama, Rupandehi. The man from Madane rural municipality of Gulmi was admitted since May 14 with fever and flu symptoms. He was under ventilator at the Intensive Care Unit.
This is the third COVID-19 death in Nepal.
The government on Saturday had confirmed that the 29-year-old new mother from Ramche in Bahrabise municipality, Sindhupalchowk was the first to die of COVID-19 in Nepal on Thursday. The 25-year old man who died while quarantined in Banke on Sunday was the second.