Coronavirus: 64-year-old patient dies at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital, third death in India

A 64-year-old Covid-19 patient lost his life at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital on Tuesday, India’s third reported death linked to coronavirus infection. The patient was among the 36 confirmed cases in the state. People informed about the development stated. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is expected to put forward an official statement on the death soon.

This is Maharashtra’s first Covid-19 related death. India’s first confirmed coronavirus linked death was reported on Tuesday when a 76-year-old man from Karnataka died while being transported from one hospital to another.

Maharashtra’s first death related to coronavirus comes at a time when the state is moving towards a partial shutdown in a bid to curb the coronavirus spread. The state has termed the next 20 days as ‘decisive’ in determining the spread of the pathogen.

Earlier, a doctor – who treated the 76-year-old man who lost his life due to coronavirus in Kaarnataka – tested positive for the virus.

The 65-year-old doctor is among the two fresh cases of coronavirus in the state of Karnataka, which now has 10 positive cases.

“We have got 2 more #COVID2019 cases in Karnataka taking the total number of confirmed cases to 10. 20 yr old female who travelled from UK is tested positive & another contact of P6 (kalburgi deceased patient) is tested positive. Both are admitted in designated isolation hospital (sic),” B Sriramulu, Karnataka’s health and family welfare minister, tweeted early on Tuesday.

In India, the infection has reached stage two where infections being reported had essentially been transmitted from imported cases.

India has 125 cases of Covid-19 and has reported three deaths thus far. A total of 13 patients in the country have recuperated successfully.

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