72-year-old succumbs to Covid, becomes 2nd Chanda casualty

Chandrapur: Yet another Covid-19 patient from Chandrapur succumbed to the dreaded coronavirus on Sunday evening. The second Covid-19 death in the city came in the form of a 72-year-old woman from Jairaj Nagar, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Nagpur.
The patient was admitted at Chandrapur GMCH in critical condition on July 22. Suffering from ailments like diabetes, blood pressure and pneumonia, the woman was immediately put on oxygen. However, the family members of the patient later requested to take her to a private hospital in Nagpur, for which permission was granted. She was shifted there eventually.
The 72-year-old fought against Covid-19 for 10 days, and her husband too had contracted the virus. Finally, she died while undergoing treatment at around 4pm on Sunday.
Chandrapur, which was free of Covid deaths till July, now has two deaths to its account.