SURKHET, May 30 -- The seventh COVID-19 death was recorded in Nepal on Saturday.

The number of deaths due to coronavirus reached seven as a 35-year-old man from Khagitdaa of Dullu Municipality-11 in Dailekh, who died earlier today, tested positive for coronavirus during a PCR test at Karnali Health Sciences Academy on Saturday evening.

Mayor of Dullu Municipality, Ghanshyam Bhandari, confirmed that his PCR test report had come positive.

According to Bhandari, the man suddenly fainted earlier this morning after having his breakfast. "We did not take him to a hospital for treatment because his throat swab had already been collected," said Bhandari.

Earlier on Thursday, his swab specimen was collected and sent to the academy. The young m...