India reports 8th COVID-19 fatality as 57-year-old dies in West Bengal
An elderly man infected with the coronavirus died in a Kolkata hospital on Monday (March 23), the first death recorded in West Bengal due to the contagion, hospital sources said.
An elderly man ‘possibly infected’ with the coronavirus died in a Kolkata hospital on Monday (March 23), the first death recorded in West Bengal due to the contagion, hospital sources said.
The deceased was 57-year-old and was a resident of Dumdum in the North 24 Parganas district. He died at a private hospital.
He was in the hospital since February 16 and was on ventilator support.
He had no recent history of travelling abroad but had visited Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh this February.
“The man had acute respiratory distress syndrome. We had taken proper protective measures but he died this afternoon,” a spokesperson for the hospital said.
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His family members are under observation in an isolation ward at a state-run hospital, state government officials said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after all-party meet on Monday said, a person ‘possibly infected’ with coronavirus has lost his life due to cardiac arrest today.
A 57-year-old male patient, who was admitted to the Salt Lake unit expired at around 3:35 pm, today. He was detected #COVID19 positive after samples were sent to NICED and SSKM Hospital on March 20 and 21: AMRI Hospital, Kolkata https://t.co/2O5aUhfoQN
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2020
He and his family had returned from Italy, she added.
However, The Federal could not ascertain if both the deceased men are same.
(With inputs from agencies.)
