Elderly man dies of coronavirus in Jodhpur, death toll 7 in Rajasthan

Yash GoyalOur Correspondent Jaipur, April 9 A 76-year-old man, who had come from Pune late last month, died of coronavirus in Jodhpur’s MDM Hospital in the wee hours of Thursday. This is the seventh death in Rajasthan due to the deadly...

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Updated At : 09:05 PM Apr 09, 2020 IST

Yash Goyal
Our Correspondent
Jaipur, April 9

A 76-year-old man, who had come from Pune late last month, died of coronavirus in Jodhpur’s MDM Hospital in the wee hours of Thursday.

This is the seventh death in Rajasthan due to the deadly virus after two deaths were reported from Bhilwara, one each from Alwar, Jaipur, Kota and Bikaner, the State Medical and Health Secretary (ACS) Rohit Kumar Singh said in a bulletin here.

The deceased living in Pratapnagar area of Sun City (Jodhpur) was on medical emergency and brought to the MDM Hospital under the unconscious condition at 10 pm, and he succumbed to his coronavirus at 12:30 am.

Till 2 pm on Thursday, 47 more people were tested corona positive in parts of Rajasthan raising the inflicted people’s tally to 430.