Kathmandu, Nepal, June 4, 2020:  Death toll of coronavirus has reached to 10 in Nepal after a person’s death is reported from Palpa district on Thursday.   

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, a 45-year-old man from Palpa district confirmed dead due to the coronavirus. 

Though the man from Purbakhola Rural Municipality, Siluwa, breathed his last three days ago, he was confirmed of coronavirus positive today. 

It is said that the India returnee man was rushed to Tansen-based United Mission Hospital after having breathing difficulties at quarantine facility set up in his village, Siluwa. He had spent about three at a quarantine facility.

His swab samples collected after his death, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, according to Dr Bikash Devkota, the spokesperson for the ministry.