Dengue infected woman dies in Chitwan

Chitwan: A woman infected with dengue died while undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College last Friday. With this, the death toll of dengue patients in the College has reached three.

The 29-year-old woman from Nawalparashi Bardaghat succumbed to the mosquito-borne viral infection. She was admitted to the hospital on October 10, according to the District Health Office, Chitwan.

Information Officer at the Health Office, Ram KC, shared that dengue was detected in 1,621 patients who were admitted to various hospitals in the district. Among them, 1,083 were from the Chitwan district alone, he added.

The address of 203 infected ones was yet to be disclosed while 305 were from the outside district, according to the District Health Office, Chitwan. The dengue infection was detected out of 7,184 samples tested, it was shared.