66-year-old man from Ambala is Haryana's first case of coronavirus death

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ambala, April 2 

Ambala reported its first death from coronavirus, as a 66-year-old man who was under treatment at PGIMER in Chandigarh, passed away on Thursday.

Civil Surgeon, Dr Kuldeep Singh, confirmed the development.

The 66-yead-old patient, who was a diabetic and suffered from other ailments as well, had reported to a local hospital on Tuesday. He was treated here before referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh in a critical condition.

A resident of Timber Market in Ambala Cantonment, the patient died at the PGIMER in Chandigarh on Thursday morning.

“It was after his death that his nasopharyngeal swab sample report was positive for COVID,” added the Civil Surgeon.

Till Wednesday evening, a total of 51 suspected COVID patients had reported in Ambala district, of which 44 suspected patients had tested negative and a Patiala patient was found positive in the district while the reports of 6 patients were awaited.

The condition of the positive patient was stable and he was showing no symptoms as of now but was kept under observation,  said the Civil Surgeon.

He revealed that the reports of four persons, who had returned to Ambala Cantonment on Tuesday evening, after attending a religious gathering at a mosque in the Nizamuddin area in New Delhi, and were isolated at the local hospital, was still awaited. The search was on to trace other such persons, if any, across the district.

Three people, who reached here after attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi, tested positive for coronavirus in Palwal on Thursday.

These three were among the 12 people who arrived in Palwal.

It is reported that while all the three are Bangladeshi nationals, the report of seven others is negative. The report of two others is awaited. All people have been admitted in civil hospital under an isolated condition.

The total number of positive cases here has gone up to four. One of the people has already been discharged after recovery.

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