Woman succumbs to COVID-19 in Vadodara; Guj toll reaches 12

Ahmedabad, Apr 6 () The death toll due tocoronavirus rose to 12 in Gujarat after a 62-year-old womansuccumbed to the disease in Vadodara on Monday, an officialsaid.

The woman had travelled to Sri Lanka. After returningfrom the neighbouring country, she fell ill and was on March18 admitted to Vadodara's SSG Hospital where she later testedpositive for coronavirus, Vadodara Municipal CommissionerNalin Upadhyay said.

She was part of a group that travelled to Sri Lanka.Earlier, another group member from Vadodara tested positivefor coronavirus and he died on April 2, Upadhyay said.

Out of the total 12 deaths in the state, five havebeen reported from Ahmedabad, two each from Surat, Vadodaraand Bhavnagar, and one in Panchmahal. KA PDGK GK