UP's Shamli reports first COVID-19 death
Jun 16, 2020, 09:57 IST
Muzaffarnagar, Jun 16 () A woman died of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, becoming the district's first fatality due to the disease, officials said on Tuesday.
The woman, a resident of Thana Bhawan area, died on Monday, they said.
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Meanwhile, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Shamli rose to 49 as one more person tested positive for the contagious respiratory disease, according to the officials.
A woman, who was admitted to Meerut medical college, died of COVID-19 on Monday. Hers is the first death due to the disease in Shamli, District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur said.
The tally of COVID-19 cases in the district rose to 49 as a woman tested positive for the disease last evening, the officials said.
With this, there are 10 active cases in the district. CORR DIV DIV(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)