UP reports third coronavirus death; case tally stands at 275

Shahira Naim
Tribune News Service
Lucknow, April 6

Uttar Pradesh reported its third coronavirus from Varanasi on Sunday, officials said.

This takes the state’s death roll to three from 275 infections.

The latest victim of the virus was a 55-year old person from Varanasi’s Gangapur who had tested positive on April 4.

The patient, a shopkeeper, had no travel history and is believed to have been suffering from diabetes and hypertension. He had flu-like conditions and had been admitted to two private hospitals before being referred to BHU’s Sir Sunderlal Hospital where he died in the ICU on Sunday. 

Ten members of his family have been quarantined, officials said.

Varanasi has seven positive cases. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh’s tally now stands at 275.

The state’s first death was a youth from Basti who died in Gorakhpur’s BRD hospital. The second death was from Meerut.

The latest death has yet to be added to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s official death toll for the state.

India’s tally on coronavirus infections stands at 3,374 with 77 recorded deaths.