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The first SARS-CoV-2 infected case in Nepal was reported on 23 January 2020 in a Nepalese man who had returned to Kathmandu from Wuhan, China (Figure 1). He had symptoms on 3 January 2020, six days before flying back to Nepal.

Nepal on Sunday reported the first Covid-19 death in 73 days, marking the first death of the fourth wave of the pandemic.

Over three thousand persons have died due to COVID-related deaths in Nepal since May 16, 2020.

Over XXX men, mainly with underlying diseases have died up to February 28, 2021

Over XXX women have died up to the end of February

According to District Health Office Chitwan Chief Deepak Tiwari, the coronavirus was confirmed after the death of a 108-year-old woman of Khairhani Municipality-3 in Chitwan.

Doctors say attributing coronavirus-related deaths simply to pre-existing and underlying conditions is akin to refusing to accept the threat of the virus which has penetrated society.