A 70-year-old Hindu woman's last rites were performed by a Muslim man after?no one claimed her body following her death due to COVID-19.
As per a PTI report, the woman was living in a shelter?home and had been admitted to emergency ward at a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahapur.?
"Sunita Devi, living in a shelter home, was brought to the medical college emergency (ward) on April 5 with fever and breathing problem. She was found positive for COVID-19 and died during treatment on April 29," college Public Relations Officer Pooja Tripathi told the news agency.?
When no one came for the body, police were informed and her body was kept in the mortuary for six days, she said.?
On Tuesday, one Merajuddin Khan decided to cremate the body on humanitarian grounds. He took the help of ambulance driver Beeru and performed the last rites of Devi, the officer said.
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Khan, who is a local journalist, had also helped the daughter of another deceased, Sudama Devi, to perform the last rites of her mother by arranging money for it.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh reported 25,858 new cases and 352 fatalities in last 24 hours. However, one-day recoveries outstripped new cases by over 12,500, according to official figures.
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The latest additions take the state's overall coronavirus numbers to 13,798 fatalities, 13,68,183 infections and 2,72,568 active cases.??
Amid the surge in cases, the government on Tuesday decided to further extend the partial curfew imposed in the state till May 10.
The UP government had on 29 April announced that weekend curfews will hereon cover Mondays as well. It had later extended the order till 6 May.??
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