Goa Reports First Death Due To COVID-19, 85-Year-Old Man Succumbs To Infection

On June 22, Goa reported its first death due to COVID-19.

An 85-year-old man from Morlem in North Goa, who was diagnosed with coronavirus, has succumbed to the infection in the hospital.

In an audio statement, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane confirmed and said, ¡°Today, we had our first Covid-19 death of an 85-year-old man in my constituency, Morlem. It is the first death reported in the state. My condolences to her family.¡±

The state¡¯s daily health bulletin has classified it as the ¡°death of a person with comorbid conditions¡±.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, ¡°The patient was asthmatic and was suffering from a few other ailments, including diabetes and pulmonary disease, and was bedridden for four years.¡±

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The same day, another death was reported in the state due to the novel coronavirus.

Officials said a 58-year-old man admitted to ESI hospital died, making it two dead in the state.

So far, Goa has recorded 864 Covid-19 cases, with 711 cases still active. Of them, 83 people had returned to the state from other parts of India and abroad.

As of June 22, 1,188 persons were in quarantine.

As the death toll in the country from coronavirus jumped by a record 445 to 13,699, the Centre maintained that the number of infections per lakh population was among the lowest in the world. The new cases surged by over 10,000 for the 11th day in a row and rose by 14,821 to take the total to 425,282, according to health ministry data.