A fifth Indian has died from Covid-19 in Mumbai in Maharashtra as the number of infected people in the country rose to 324, officials said on Sunday.
63-year-old Covid-19 patient dies in Mumbai, death toll in India at 5: Officials
The 63-year-old man died at a private hospital late on Saturday, they said. This is the second Covid-19 death in Maharashtra.
'Patient positive case of Covid-19 had a chronic history of diabetes, high blood pressure and ischemic heart disease and he developed acute respiratory distress syndrome leading to death,' the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's public health department said in a release.
Dellhi, Punjab and Rajasthan have reported one fatality each before this. Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope confirmed that the state now has 74 positive cases of cornavirus.
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