A 76 year old gentleman who had returned from saudi arabia to the southern indian state became the first casualty owing to the disease. In fact the first instance of death in india due to the deadly infection took place in the southern state of karnataka. The govt announced measures like curbing movement by halting passenger train traffic till march 31 to stop the virus from spreading.
India s casualty count went up amid fears that the virus may have entered stage 3 of local transmission. The casualty count for india due to the novel coronavirus has risen to 7 with gujarat reporting its first death. A 68 year old woman has passed away in delhi after she had tested positive for coronavirus thus becoming the second death due to the global pandemic in india this woman was the sixth case of.
The covid 19 pandemic in india is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sars cov 2 the first case of covid 19 in india which originated from china was reported on 30 january 2020 india currently has the largest number of confirmed cases in asia and has the third highest number of confirmed cases in. The 76 year old elderly in karnataka s kalaburagi who died recently has been confirmed positive for coronavirus. India has registered first death due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The ministry released a statement in which it clarified that the death occurred due to end stage liver disease and not due to covid 19. The union health ministry on tuesday denied the news of first death in india due to novel coronavirus.
