61-year-old dies of Covid-19 in Surat, second death in city

Melvyn Reggie Thomas | TNN | Apr 5, 2020, 10:28 IST

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SURAT: The diamond city reported its second death due to Covid-19 on Sunday after a 61-year-old woman from Palanpore Canal Road in Pal breathed her last at the Seventh Day Mission hosiptal.
The woman was admitted to the hosiptal on Friday with severe symptoms of the virus and that her test confirmed her as Covid-19 positive. She had no travel history.
Health officials of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) stated that the health of the woman deteriorated on late Sunday night and that she breathed her last at about 1.15am.
Sources said that the woman's son owns a shop at the Radha Krishna Textile market at Moti Begumwadi in Sahara Darwaja, where a Covid-19 positive case was detected few days ago. Her son had returned from Mumbai a couple of days ago.
Deputy municipal commissioner (health and hospital) Dr Ashish Naik said, "The woman breathed her last at Misson hospital. The last rites were performed at the Jehangirpura crematorium as per the government protocol at about 4am. This is the second death due to Covid-19 in the city."
Meanwhile, two more Covid-19 positive cases were detected in the city on Sunday.
A 65-year-old male from Begumpura and a 40-year-old female from Pandesara, both having no travel history were tested positive. The 40-year-old woman is the mother of the sales executive of DMart who had tested positive of Covid-19 earlier.