Kathmandu, Aug. 24 -- At least 42 people from various wards of Birgunj Metropolitan City have tested positive with Cholera, a highly infectious waterborne disease that has been spreading since last week.

Two people-a 35-year-old man, and a woman-died of diarrheal infection. Doctors say they were brought dead to the hospital.

The number of diarrheal patients admitted to various health facilities in the metropolis has exceeded 130, which indicates community spread of the disease.

"A 35-year-old man, who was said to have diarrheal infection, was brought dead to our hospital," Dr Chuman Lal Das, medical superintendent of Narayani Hospital, told the Post over the phone from Birgunj. "But we have not tested his stool samples to establish the...