A 51-year-old man died of dengue infection in Ghorahi, Dang, on Monday.

Yagya Bahadur Dangi, a permanent resident of ward 2 of Madi Rural Municipality in Rolpa district, died in the course of treatment at the Ghorahi-based Rapti Academy of Health Sciences.

He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday.

The academy said a lab test had shown he was positive for dengue, which spreads through mosquitoes.