Man Who Was Declared 'Dead' Due To Covid In Gujarat Hospital, Returns Home After 2 Years
A man whose last rites were performed by his family members after he was declared "dead" due to COVID-19 at a hospital has returned home after two years in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district.
The family members of Kamlesh Patidar, 35, were taken by surprise on Saturday when he knocked the door of his maternal aunt's house in Karodkala village at around 6 am, almost two years after they performed his last rites, a family member said.
Family had performed his last rites
Kamlesh Patidar had fallen ill during the second COVID-19 wave. He was admitted to a hospital in Gujaratand later doctors declared him dead. After the hospital handed over the "body" to them, the family members performed his last rites, his cousin Mukesh Patidar told reporters on Saturday.?
Now, he has returned home but he has not revealed anything about where he stayed during this period," the cousin said.
He got infected with COVID during second wave
Kanwan police station in-charge Ram Singh Rathore said according to the family members, Kamlesh Patidar suffered from the coronavirus infection in 2021 and was admitted to a hospital in Vadodara (Gujarat).The doctors declared him dead due to COVID-19 infection, following which the family members performed last rites of the body given by the hospital in Vadodara and then returned to their village, he said.
The family members came to know that he was alive when he returned home on Saturday, Rathore said. The matter will be clear after recording statement of Kamlesh Patidar, the official said.
India records over 10,000 COVID cases in 24 hours
Meanwhile, India has recorded 10,093 Covid cases in the past 24 hours, about 6 per cent lower than yesterday's count of 10,747 infections. This is the fourth consecutive day on which the country has clocked over 10,000 cases in the recent spike in infections over the past couple of weeks.
The number of active cases in the country stands at 57,542 and 19 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours. The daily positivity rate, an indicator of the spread of infection, is 5.61 per centThe upward trend in Covid cases has prompted several states to hold review meetings to assess preparations for another surge in hospitalisations.
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