The number of people who have died of COVID-19 in Gujarat rose to four as a 46-year-old woman in Ahmedabad passed away on Saturday, 28 March, news agency ANI reported.
According to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital, she was admitted on Thursday and was suffering from hypertension, diabetes and was on a ventilator.
Meanwhile, with six more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Gujarat, the number of such cases in the state has risen to 53, an official said on Saturday, news agency PTI reported.
The six new cases were reported since Friday evening, the official said.
“As many as six new cases were reported since last evening, taking the number of such cases in the state to 53.”Jayanti Ravi , Principal Secretary (Health)
Earlier, two coronavirus patients had died in Ahmedabad and one each in Bhavnagar and Surat.
The Ahmedabad patient was an 85-year-old woman who died at a government hospital on Wednesday, becoming the second person to die of COVID-19 in the state, the health department had said. The woman had a history of travel to Saudi Arabia.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
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