20-year-old found dead in Ludhiana, Covid-19 suspected

The woman, a resident of Model Town, had been suffering from fever, cough and breathlessness for the past few day.

A 20-year-old girl was found dead in a house in Model Town on Thursday.

The woman and her father were caretakers of the house, while owner of the house, an NRI, is living abroad (HT PHOTO)

Her father said she had been suffering from fever, cough and breathlessness for the past few days and had taken medicine from a local chemist. They are both caretakers of the house where she was found dead, and the owner, an NRI, lives in another part of the city.

Authorities suspect that she was suffering from the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), and have sent her body for post-mortem examination and Covid-19 test at the civil hospital.

Her father, 59, has also been admitted to the hospital for check up. As per the police, he is also showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Station house officer inspector Pawan Kumar said the girl’s father had informed the police control room that she suffered severe breathlessness on Wednesday night and died. He added that the girl’s father said that they used to stay indoors and were following proper social distancing norms ever since the curfew was imposed in the city.