Coronavirus death toll in India rises to 6 as another patient dies in Patna14Photo1Video© hindustantimes.com

Coronavirus death toll in India rises to 6 as another patient dies in Patna

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New Delhi, Mar 22: A sixth Indian has died from Covid-19 at AIIMS in Bihar's Patna as the number of infected people in the country rose to 324, officials said on Sunday.

''The 38-year-old man has passed away in Bihar due to kidney failure. He was tested positive for Covid19. He was from Munger. He had returned from Kolkata two days back,''said Dr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, AIIMS Patna, Bihar.

Earlier in the day, a 63-year-old coronavirus patient died in Mumbai on Sunday taking the death toll in Maharashtra to two. The man was admitted to the H N Reliance Hospital on Saturday. The Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation in a statement said the patient had chronic history of diabetes, high blood pressure and ischemic heart disease. He developed acute respiratory distress syndrome leading to his death, the statement said.