Man who died on Monday in Akola tests positive

Chaitanya Deshpande | TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:08 IST

Akola: Samples of a 45-year-old man, who died at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Akola on Monday, came out positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. This took the total number of confirmed positive cases in Akola to 14, and Vidarbha’s figure to 111.
The patient was suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and cough. He was admitted to GMCH on Monday evening in a critical condition. “His throat swabs were collected immediately for testing. But, he died during treatment at around 8.30pm on Monday,” said dean of Akola GMCH Dr Apurva Pavde
The man happens to be a resident of the locality in Akola where a positive patient was found on April 7. The authorities are now examining all high-risk contacts of the deceased. As many as 14 persons have tested positive for coronavirus in Akola district, of which one Covid-19 patient committed suicide last week. Total active cases in Akola are now 12.
Yavatmal at 13: Total 15 samples from Yavatmal were tested at AIIMS Nagpur lab today. Out of these 14 tested negative while one person tested positive. With this, total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Yavatmal reached 13. Three of them have already recovered and been discharged.
The new person who has tested positive is a resident of the localities where the earlier positive patients used to live. He is one of their close contacts. This is the second such case in Yavatmal. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, 24 more swab samples were sent to Nagpur. With this, 70 reports are awaited.
Two suspects die in Amravati: Two suspects of Covid-19 died during treatment at the Irwin Hospital in Amravati on Wednesday. The administration has sent throat swabs of the deceased for testing immediately, and reports are yet to arrive.
“While one of the deceased is a local resident, another belongs to Gujarat,” said collector Shailesh Naval.
The person from Amravati was a 60-year-old man from Baba Chowk in Hyderpura, while the 50-year-old truck driver is from Gujarat and was living in a shelter home here following the lockdown.
The collector said that the wife and sons of the local deceased have been home quarantined, and the family of the Gujarat deceased is being traced from the calls on his mobile.
The city has seen five Covid-19 positives from a single family to date. While one of them died on April 4, the other four are under treatment at the Covid-19 hospital.
The Baba Chowk deceased was engaged in tiles business and suffering from heart disease, diabetes and blood pressure. He was admitted to the ICU of a private here on April 11 and shifted to Superspecialty Hospital around 9pm on Tuesday, after he developed breathing trouble.
The truck driver from Gujarat had been admitted to district general hospital following complaint of fever.