Nepal recorded the 12th COVID-19 death on Saturday.
A 58-year-old man from Jagdulla rural municipality in Dolpa has posthumously tested positive, the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) stated issuing a press statement on Saturday.
The man was staying in Surkhet and returned to his home on May 29. He had died on June 2 while on self-quarantine at his home. His swab had reached KAHS two days after his death.
The body has already been cremated, according to Chairman of Jagdulla Nara Singh Rokaya.
This is the 12th COVID-19 death confirmed by 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.
The man who died in India while returning to Nepal on May 23 was the fifth while the man from Bungmati Lalitpur who died on May 27 the sixth.
The 35-year-old man from Dullu-11 of Dailekh who died in the quarantine facility of Dullu-7 was the seventh. The two-year-old girl who died at the isolation ward of Bajura District Hospital Sunday morning was the eighth.
The 45-year-old man from Purbakhola, Palpa, who died on June 2 was the ninth and the man from Dolakha who died at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on June 3 10th.
The 20-year-old man from Hanse in Panchapuri municipality 2 who died at his home June 3 following 14 days of quarantine on return from India was 11th.
