New Delhi: A 64-year-old coronavirus patient died at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital on Tuesday, India’s third reported death linked to Covid-19 infection. The patient was among the 36 confirmed coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, people familiar with the development said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is expected to issue a formal statement on the death soon.
The two other deaths due to the infection in India were from Karnataka and Delhi, respectively.
Globally, the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has infected more than 167,500 people and killed 6600 others.