Kathmandu, June 25 -- Nepal on Tuesday reported a Covid death, the first in over two years. This indicates that new Omicron subvariants are once again spreading in communities and taking a toll.

According to officials at Biratnagar-based Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, a 39-year-old woman from Suryodaya Municipality, who was admitted to the hospital's emergency department, succumbed to the infection.

"The woman was brought to our hospital at 4:20 in the morning," said Dipesh Rai, manager of the hospital. "The patient died at 6 am."

According to the hospital administration, the woman was brought to the hospital in a critical condition. Her relatives told doctors that the patient had been suffering from fever and respiratory...