India reports second death from coronavirus

India reported its second death from coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday (Mar 13).

The patient was a 68-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension and died in the country's capital New Delhi.

The woman, who had underlying health conditions, is thought to have been infected by her son who travelled to Switzerland and Italy last month.
India's first fatality from the virus was confirmed on Thursday.

The 76-year-old man, from the southern state of Karnataka, died after returning from a month-long visit to Saudi Arabia on 29 February.

People who came in contact with the man are being traced and quarantined, the state's health minister said. India has 82 confirmed cases of the virus, the health ministry says.

 

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