One more COVID-19 fatality reported in Mahottari: death toll reaches 18

Kathmandu - One more COVID-19 patient has succumbed to the Coronavirus infection in Mahottari district, taking the COVID-19 death toll in the district to 18 till date. A 25-year-old youth from Chandanichowk, Pipara Rural Municipality in the district died due to the flu-like infection on Tuesday, according to the District Police Office, Mahottari.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Tika Bahadur KC shared that youth had tested positive for COVID-19 on the PCR test conducted at Bhaktapur-based Human Organ Transplant Centre on October 12. The youth, who was also a kidney patient and was seriously ill, died in course of treatment, added SP KC. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police is preparing to manage the dead body at Pashupati Aryaghat today, police said.

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