GB Nagar reports its first Covid-19 death in 4 months
The patient had come to the hospital to be checked up for a cardiac ailment on Sunday; as all hospitals have made Covid-19 tests mandatory for admission, she was also tested. On Monday, her report came positive for Covid-19
NOIDA: A 67-year-old resident of Sector 50, Noida, succumbed to Covid-19 on Tuesday night at a private hospital, becoming the first person in four months to die of the viral disease in Gautam Budh Nagar, district officials said.
The woman had come to the private hospital in Sector 62 on Sunday for a regular health check-up as she was suffering from hypothyroidism, hypertension, diabetes and a cardiac ailment, said a senior official of the district health department.
“The patient came to the hospital to be checked up for a cardiac ailment on Sunday. As all hospitals have made Covid-19 tests mandatory before admission, she was also tested. On Monday, her report came positive for Covid-19 and she was admitted to the hospital. However, her condition worsened because she had several comorbidities and she died on Tuesday night due to multi organ failure,” said the official.
Her 70-year-old husband also tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating himself at home, said officials.
“After the patient tested positive, the hospital informed the health department and we tested her husband and her domestic helper for Covid-19. Her husband tested positive and is in home isolation while the domestic help’s report was negative,” according to the official.
The department does not
have information on whether the patient was vaccinated or not, added the official.
According to official data, the last coronavirus death was reported in the district on June 13, 2021, while the first Covid-19 death in the district was reported on May 6, 2020.
Dr Sunil Kumar Sharma, chief medical officer of Gautam Budh Nagar, said the district currently has 16 active Covid-19 patients.
“After Tuesday’s Covid-19 casualty, the death toll in the district has reached 467. The total number of positive cases in the district so far is 63,333, while the total number of people recovered is 62,850. As is the norm with all cases that are found positive for Covid-19, the health department is tracing and testing contacts of the Covid-positive patient,” said Dr Sharma.
The death toll in the district has reached 467. There are 63,333 positive cases in the district so far, and the total number of people recovered is 62,850. DR SUNIL KUMAR SHARMA, Chief medical officer of Gautam Budh Nagar