A 64-year-old man from Mahottari has died of COVID-19.
Chief District Officer (CDO) of Mahottari Krishna Bahadur Katuwal told Setopati that the man from Mahottari rural municipality breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Tuesday night.
The man was suffering from fourth stage cancer. He had returned from his daughter's home in India.
The death toll in Province 2 has now reached seven with two each in Bara and Rautahat districts, and one one each in Saptari, Parsa and Mahottari.
This is the 41st COVID-19 death in Nepal.