First death in India due to #COVID19 recorded
Bengaluru , March 12, 2020 :
First death in India due to #COVID19 has been confirmed.Deccan Herald has reporteed that the Karnataka State Health Department had confirmed that the death of Kalburgi patient was due to Covid-19.
ANI quoted Commissioner,Karnataka Health Dept:76-yr-old man from Kalaburagi who passed away&was a suspected COVID-19 patient has been confirmed positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing, isolation&other measures being taken. Telangana Govt. has also been informed as he went to a hospital there.
DH journalist Niranjan Kaggere tweeted :
‘76 year old man from Kalburgi who passed away and was a suspected COVID 19 patient has been Confirmed for #COVID19.