As many as 17 persons undergoing treatment for coronavirus infection in various hospitals in Banke district have died overnight since yesterday.
Those COVID-19 patients who succumbed to the infection were receiving treatment at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj and others at Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur from last night till Wednesday morning.
Among the victims, eight were from Banke district while nine others are from outside districts, said Tej Oli, the resource person at the District Covid Crisis Management Centre.
According to him, with the latest deaths, 254 people from Banke district and 210 from outside districts who had come here for treatment have succumbed to the deadly virus infection.
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