Dynamite News Coronavirus Scare: India reports third coronavirus death from Maharashtra
India on Tuesday reported the third death from coronavirus with an elderly patient suffering from the infection passing away in Maharashtra.
Mumbai: India on Tuesday reported the third death from coronavirus with an elderly patient suffering from the infection passing away in Maharashtra.
The 64-year-old patient suffering from coronavirus died at Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital.
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This is the first death due to the disease from Maharashtra, which has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus patients at 39, out of a total of 110 plus cases in the country.
The two other deaths due to the infection in India were from Karnataka and Delhi, respectively.
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Globally, the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has infected more than 167,500 people and killed 6600 others. (ANI)