PATNA: One person has died and another has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bihar.
A 38-year-old man with a travel history of Qatar died at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Bihar’s Patna on Saturday morning.
This takes the total number of deaths due to coronavirus in India to six. The second patient is currently undergoing treatment at Nalanda Medical College & Hospital (NMCH) in the city.
Similarly, a 63-year-man died from Covid-19 in Mumbai in Maharashtra on Saturday night.
“A 38-year-old man, who had come back from Qatar, has died of Covid-19,” Dr Pradeep Das, director of Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, said.
India recorded a jump in the number of Covid-19 cases to 324, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.
The death and rise in the Covid-19 cases come on a day millions of people kept themselves at the homes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed or a Janta Curfew to check the spread of the deadly virus.
However, there was no immediate confirmation from the Union health ministry.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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