Mumbai: 65-year-old man dies of coronavirus, India's death toll enters double digit
A 65-year-old man in Mumbai, who was diagnosed positive for coronavirus, has died. The man hailed from UAE and his death taken India's COVID-19 fatality into double digits. The 65-year-old COVID-19 patient's death has taken the death toll due to COVID-19 in Mumbai to three, the BMC said on Tuesday. The man recently returned from the United Arab Emirates to Ahmedabad. He later complained of fever, cough and difficulty in breathing, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement.
He also had pre-existing ailments, including high blood pressure and severe diabetes, it said. He was brought to the Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai
onMarch 20 for treatment, but his health condition deteriorated further. The man died late Monday evening, the BMC said. Also Read: Self-medication in coronavirus turns deadly
Meanwhile, as cases continued to rise across the country, the government has advised states and Union Territories to impose curfew wherever possible. As people continue to venture out despite lockdown, the Centre has advised state governments and union territory administrations to impose curfew wherever necessary in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Tuesday.
A top functionary of the central government has called up some of the chief ministers and apprised them of the necessity of imposing the curfew if people continue to venture out of their homes. The state governments and the union territory administrations have been advised to impose curfew wherever necessary as many people continue to go out of their homes despite the lockdown ordered to check the spread of the virus, a government official told PTI.
