Gujarat: 14-month-old baby dies due to coronavirus

A 14-month-old child, who had tested positive for coronavirus on April 5, passed away in Gujarat's Jamnagar district on Tuesday. The toddler is the youngest coronavirus patient in Gujarat and possibly in India to succumb to the pandemic. As per the report, the toddler was put on a ventilator after he was admitted to a government hospital in Jamnagar. The first and lone case of coronavirus in Jamnagar district so far, the toddler was the youngest to be infected by the pandemic in Gujarat. Since his (toddler) parents were tested negative for coronavirus, the authorities are trying to ascertain the source of his infection. The parents of the baby boy work as labourers at factories and have no travel history. Meanwhile, they have been kept under quarantine. Likewise, Dared village, where the couple resides, has also been sealed.

Coronavirus in Gujarat update

The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat has increased to 179, including 16 deaths and 25 cured patients. Meanwhile, the Gujarat government has declared that as part of the Cluster Containment Strategy, the survey will be conducted in 24 identified hotspots in five cities - Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara. Also Read | India confirms 5,194 cases; death toll rises to 149

Coronavirus in India

As of Wednesday morning, the death toll in India due to coronavirus rose to 149 while the number of confirmed cases to 5,194, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The active coronavirus cases are 4,643 out of which 401 people have been cured and discharged while one had been migrated. -PTC News