SUNSARI, July 14 -- A 35-year-old woman from Dharan Sub-metropolis died of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, in the course of treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) on Friday.

Manu Sunuwar of Bajhogara was admitted to the emergency unit of the institute on Friday afternoon. She was diagnosed with dengue during a laboratory test, said Dr Bikas Sah, director at the institute.

Dharan Sub-metropolitan City declared wards 8 and 15 as crisis-hit zones after the Health Directorate of Province 1 announced a dengue emergency in the city.

According to the BPKIHS, around 1,500 people were found infected with dengue this year. Ram Babu Yadav, chief of the sub-metropolis health unit, said Sunuwar is the first person to die of...