Third Covid-related death recorded in MP this year

Time of India

21 hours ago

Indore: A 52-year-old COVID-19 positive woman from Ratlam died late on Wednesday in Indore, marking the third coronavirus related death in the state this year. The woman had severe pre-existing conditions, including TB, bronchitis and high blood pressure.
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Indore health department officials said that the patient was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday after she complained of breathing difficulties. On Tuesday, she was tested positive for COVID-19 infection, after which she was transferred to the isolation ward of govt-run MRTB Hospital. She succumbed to the illness late on Wednesday. While the death occurred in Indore, it will be recorded under Ratlam district's official records.
This fatality follows the death of a 44-year-old woman from Khargone on June 6 at MRTB Hospital. She tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after delivering a baby at MTH Hospital. Prior to that, a 74-year-old kidney patient from Indore died at Aurobindo Hospital on April 27.
"On Thursday, a total of seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Indore," the district epidemiologist Dr Anshul Mishra said, adding that with these new cases, the total number of COVID-19 patients detected in Indore this year has reached 88, including around a dozen patients who are residents of other districts.
"Besides, COVID-19 related death toll has reached at three in this calendar year. Of them, one was a resident of Indore while one each were from Khargone and Ratlam," Dr Mishra said.
Most of the active patients are currently in home isolation and are reported to be in stable condition, she added. Among the nine COVID-19 patients identified on Tuesday, a 67-year-old elderly person with co-morbidities has been admitted to a private hospital. Similarly, another 50-year-old individual, experiencing breathing difficulties and other complications, has also been hospitalised in a private facility.
Indore CMHO Dr Madhav Hasani reassured the public that current COVID-19 patients are exhibiting very mild symptoms, and there is no cause for panic.