Two more die due to coronavirus in Gujarat, toll reaches 19

Two more patients, includingan elderly man, succumbed to COVID-19 in Gujarat, taking thetoll in the state to 19, said officials on Friday

The two, who died during the last 12 hours, were a 40-year-old man from Ahmedabad and an 81-year-old man fromGandhinagar, said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi

While the patient from Ahmedabad was suffering from akidney ailment, the elderly man from Gandhinagar contractedthe virus from a close contact, she said.