Nepal, June 30 -- A 30-year-old man from Rautahat who died on Saturday night while receiving treatment at the Lalitpur-based Star Hospital tested positive to Covid-19. Although the man died on Saturday night, the report for his Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction test came in only on Monday morning.

Although the man had been receiving treatment for lung ailments, he wasn't tested for coronavirus until he died as his symptoms did not match the list issued by the Ministry of Health. Only patients whose symptoms match those on the list can be tested.

"These days, it's not easy to test patients that show one or two symptoms of Covid-19," said Dr Anup Subedee, infectious disease consultant. "Even if the patients come from Covid-19 hotspots, t...