Two coronavirus positive patients died in Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital in the gap of 12 hours. Resource Person at District COVID Management Centre Banke, Tej Wali informed that a 71-year-old man from Madhuwan municipality-6, Bardiya and a 16-year-old adolescent from Shuvakalika-5, Kalikot lost their lives to coronavirus infection in the hospital.

The old man died at 10.30 on Tuesday evening while undergoing treatment. He was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for the coronavirus on January 24. Likewise, the adolescent breathed his last at 11.15 on Wednesday morning at the same hospital. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus on January 18, Wali further informed.