Nepal on Wednesday reported the third death due to COVID-19 in its outer Terai region.
"A patient kept on ventilator at Crimson Hospital in Rupandehi has passed away. He is the third COVID-19 fatality," Sudarshan Baral, Minister for Social Development, Province 5 informed over the phone.
According to local media reports, the 41-year-old male patient was confirmed positive for the virus on Monday by a Bhairahawa-based provincial lab.
Earlier, a 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchowk and a 25-year-old youth from Narainapur-5, Banke also died of the disease on May 16 and 17 respectively.
( With inputs from ANI )