Mumbai man dies of COVID-19, third fatality in India
- Country:
- India
India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 64-year-old man dying in Mumbai, Health Ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose to 125. The patient, whose wife is stable, is the first COVID-19 death in Maharashtra, the officials said. Earlier, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in Karnataka with a travel history to Saudi Arabia and a 68-year-old woman in Delhi died after they tested positive for the infection. The 125 positive cases include 22 foreign nationals.
According to ministry data, 13 people have been discharged so far, including the three Kerala patients who were discharged last month following their recovery. The Mumbai patient was admitted to the city's Kasturba Hospital and was suffering from multiple health issues apart from being infected by the novel coronavirus, said BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi..
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
ALSO READ
Children of ministers add excitement to Karnataka LS elections
Kumaraswamy's only job is to criticize, says Karnataka DyCM DK Shivakumar
EC seizes cash and alcohol worth Rs 191.67 crore in Karnataka raid
BJP-JDS together will win minimum of 26 seats in state: Former Karnataka CM Yediyurappa
Blinken spoke to Turkish, Chinese, Saudi Arabian counterparts on avoiding escalation in Middle East