Eight more succumb to COVID-19 in Banke

Eight more COVID-19 patients died in course of treatment at two hospitals on Saturday night.

Five died while receiving treatment at Bheri Hospital while three at Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur, said focal person of District COVID Crisis Management Centre, Banke, Tej Oli.

A 30-year-old woman of Badhaiyatal rural municipality-1, Bardiya, 1 65-year0old woman of the Badhaiyatal rural municipality-2, an 85-year-old woman of Dangisharan rural municipality-5, Dang, a 73-year-old man of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis-15 and a 53-year-old woman of Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city-2 succumbed to coronavirus.

Similarly, a 43-year-old man of Lamkichuha municipality-1, Kailali, a 49-year-old man of Tulasipur sub-metropolis-6, and a 43-year-old man of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis-11 died in course of treatment, added Oli.