Nepal reports fifth COVID-19 death with a man who died in Lalitpur Wednesday confirmed infected in the evening.
Chief of the District Public Health Office, Lalitpur Dr Khageshwore Gelal confirmed that the 57-year-old from Bungmati tested positive. "I received a call from the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division in the evening. The swab of deceased person returned positive result. We have been asked to handle the body accordingly," he stated. "We have kept the body in the hospital. We will manage the body tomorrow in accordance to the working procedure."
The deceased had liver problems and was hospitalized on May 24. His swab was sent for test the next day.
The deceased man's son-in-law Rajeev Shakya confirmed the death but added the family has yet to receive the positive report. "We have asked for formal documents but they have yet to provide," Shakya said. "He had not gone anywhere outside. We don't know how he was infected."
This is the fifth death due to COVID-19 in Nepal.
The government on May 16 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 May 14. The 25-year old man who died while quarantined in Banke on May 17 was the second.
The 70-year-old man who died at National Medical College in Birgunj on May 17 was the third and the 41-year-old man from Madane rural municipality of Gulmi who died at Crimson Hospital on May 21 the fourth.
