death

COVID-19

coronavirus

New Delhi

Health Ministry

RML Hospital

Karnataka

India on Friday night reported its secondwhen a 68-year-old woman passed away due to the infectious, which is also known as the. The victim was the mother of a confirmed case of the virus infection and hailed from. The patient passed away at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.According to a press release issued by the, the woman suffered from diabetes and hypertension and her death was caused due to co-morbidity. The statement read, "She had a history of contact with a positive case (her son who had travel history to Switzerland and Italy between 5th to 22rd February, 2020). The son had returned to India on February 23, 2020. He initially was asymptomatic, but developed fever and cough after one day and reported to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on March 7, 2020."Following protocol, the affected family was screened and both the mother and son were admitted after developing a fever and cough. She was later shifted to the intensive care unit after developing pneumonia. Her sample, which came out positive, was collected on March 8."Since March 9, 2020 she was having respiratory fluctuations and was provided ventilator support. However, due to comorbid conditions, she died on March 13, 2020 at, Delhi as confirmed by the treating Physician and Medical Superintendent," the release explained.This is the second death caused by the coronavirus in the country. A 76-year-old man fromhad passed away on Thursday. His sample had come out to be positive of the virus.