Kathmandu, July 21 -- A patient infected with Covid-19 from Kaski district died while receiving treatment at Pokhara-based Charak Memorial Hospital on Sunday evening.

This is the third confirmed death from coronavirus infection within a period of a month in the country.

"The patient was suffering from multiple comorbidities-pneumonia, acute kidney infection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung disease, type-2 diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism," Deepali Thapa, medical record officer at the hospital, told the Post over the phone from Pokhara. "She was admitted to our hospital some 12 days ago and tested positive for Covid-19 around 10 days ago."

A 39-year-old woman from Suryodaya Municipality of Ilam district, who was adm...