Second death due to COVID-19 in India

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New Delhi : A sixty-eight year old woman has died due to Coronavirus ( COVID-19) on March 13, 2020, at RML Hospital, Delhi, increasing the number of persons dying due to the pandemic to two in India. Death of the woman from West Delhi (mother of a confirmed case of COVID 19)  is confirmed to be caused due to co-morbidity (diabetes and hypertension). She had also tested positive for COVID-19. She had history of contact with a positive case (her son who had travel history to Switzerland and Italy between February 5 to 22, 2020).

Her son had returned back to India on February 23,.2020. He initially was asymptomatic but developed fever and cough after 1 day and reported to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on March 7, 2020. As per protocol, the family was screened and since he and his mother had fever and cough, both were admitted.
She was a known case of diabetes and hypertension. Her sample was collected on March 8, 2020. Her condition worsened on March 9, 2020, with development of pneumonia and was shifted to intensive care unit. Her sample also tested positive for COVID19. Since March 9, she was having respiratory fluctuations and was provided ventilator support. However, due to comorbid conditions, she died on March 13, 2020, at RML Hospital, Delhi, as confirmed by the treating Physician and Medical Superintendent, according to a PIB release.
All the precautionary measures as per protocol including screening,  quarantine of the contacts is already taken up by the Ministry of Health, Government of Delhi, and status is being monitored.