RAJHA, May 12: Banke district, which has now become one of the hotspots of the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), reported 11 more deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours. 

Six infected succumbed to the virus at Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj, and five at the Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur, according to the District COVID-19 Crisis Management Center’s resource person Tej Oli.

A 47-year-old female from Gulariya-9, Bardiya; a 50-year-old male from Salyan; a 44-year-old male of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolis-5; a 49-year-old female from Nepalgunj-16; a 55-year-old male from Madhuwan Municipality-6, Bardiya; a 65-year-old male from Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality, Bardiya; a 60-year-old male from Ghodaghodi Municipality-1, Kailali, a 30-year-old female from Kohalpur Municipality-2; a 45-year-old female of Kohalpur-10, a 41-year-old male of Kohalpur-1 and a 64-year-old female of Kohalpur-14 are the latest victims of the virus in the district.

With this, the district’s death tally from the virus has reached 361 - 204 from the district and 157 from other districts.

 
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