Nepal recorded the 14th COVID-19 death on Monday with death of an infected person undergoing treatment at the Western Regional Hospital under the Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences in Pokhara.
A 60-year-old man from Waling municipality 3 of Syangja has died in the isolation ward of the hospital, the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti reported quoting the statement issued by the provincial health directorate on Monday.
The man was admitted in the pre-isolation ward since June 4 and was shifted to the isolation ward after testing positive Sunday evening, according to Director with the directorate Dr Binod Bindu Sharma. He was suffering from diabetes and kidney problems.
This is the 14th 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 June 1 was the eighth.
The 45-year-old man from Purbakhola, Palpa, who died on June 2 was the ninth and the 58-year-old man from Jagdulla rural municipality in Dolpa who died the same day was 10th.
The man from Dolakha who died at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on June 3 11th and 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 12th. The 55-year-old woman from Dhangadi who died while undergoing dialysis at the Seti Provincial Hospital on June 5 the 13th.
