Nepal’s per-day Covid-19 death toll tripled in 3 days. Here are factors that caused this
The number has trebled in the past three days and is expected to keep on rising as hospitals have stopped admitting patients. Some have stopped as they do not have any more beds while many have stopped citing lack of oxygen for new patients.
Banke that was a hotspot of the coronavirus infection around two months ago did not record any Covid-19 death in the past five days, giving health workers there an assurance that the crisis has come into control there.
RAJBIRAJ, May 18: Deputy Mayor of Saptakoshi Municipality Asha Chaudhary succumbed to coronavirus infection this morning. Deputy Mayor Chaudhary died at Birat Nursing Home in Biratnagar, according to Uttam Acharya, a resident of Kanchanrup Municipality.
She was admitted to a local health post after suffering from fever, flu and breathing problems some two weeks ago.
Chief of District Health Office Duniyalal Yadav said that the Deputy Mayor was tested positive to coronavirus during an antigen test. After getting infected, she was kept in ICU bed for 10 days and three days in ventilator. Deputy Mayor Chaudhary was also pregnant and the dead baby was removed from her womb just three days ago.
Deputy Mayor Chaudhary is survived by her husband and a seven-year-old son.
With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Saptakoshi reached three, the District Health Office said.
BAGLUNG, May 12: Two more Covid-19 deaths have been reported in Baglung district taking the death toll from the infection to 17. The deceased--a 66-year-old woman of Dhorpatan Municipality-4 and a 77-year-old man of Baglung Muinicipality-4, who died at Dhawalagiri Hospital and in home isolation respectively. The woman was tested positive for the virus after her death.
CHITWAN, May 5: Three more Covid-19 patients have died in Chitwan district in the past 24 hours. They died at various hospitals in the district.
A 45-year-old man of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-25 died at Bharatpur Hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on May 2 for pneumonia and was tested positive for the virus on May 3, said the hospital.
Likewise, a 42-year-old man of Butwal Sub Metropolitan City-9 died at Chitwan Medical College. He was admitted to the hospital on May 4 for respiratory problems. He was tested positive for the infection the same day.
Another deceased is a 42-year-old man from Bhumikasthan-1 in Argakhanchi district, who died at Chitwan Medical College. He was admitted to the hospital on May 4 after complaining of respiratory problems. He was found infected with the virus on May 3.
A 45-year-old Covid-19 infected man, who was undergoing treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), died Wednesday night -
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