COVID-19: 65-year-old man dies in Udgir, Latur cases now 55
May 17, 2020, 22:15 IST
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Latur, May 17 () The number of COVID-19 deaths inLatur in Maharashtra reached two after a 65-year-old mansuccumbed to the infection in hotspot Udgir on Sunday, asenior health official said.
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The man was suffering from diabetes, hypertension andpneumonia and breathed his last at 12:45pm in Udgir sub-district hospital, said district civil surgeon Sanjay Dhage.
"The man is a resident of Udgir and his family hadtravel history to Bidar in neighbouring Karnataka. Nine of hisfamily members, as well as doctors and staff who had beentreating him were quarantined as a precautionary measure,"Dhage added.
COVID-19 cases were detected for the first time inLatur municipal corporation limits on Sunday, with two peopletesting positive.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Latur district is now55, though the active ones stand at 24. CORBNM BNM(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)