Nepal, June 6 -- The number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Nepal has reached 13 after swab samples of two persons who died on Wednesday and Friday tested positive for the coronavirus.

According to the Health Ministry, a 58 -year-old man from Jagadulla Rural Municipality of Dolpa, who died on Wednesday, night tested positive for Covid-19. The man, who had returned from India, was quarantined in the district.

Likewise, a 55-year-old woman from Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City of Kailali, who died on Friday in the course of dialysis at Seti Provincial Hospital, also tested positive for Covid-19.

"The man had respiratory problems and the woman was a renal patient. The woman did not have any Covid-19 symptoms," said Dr Bikash devkota, spokespe...