Uttarakhand: 55-year-old cancer patient, who tested Covid-19 positive two days ago, dies

This is the second death in Uttarakhand of a Covid-19 positive patient, where comorbidity is the cause of death and not contracting SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease.

A 55-year-old cancer patient, who had been undergoing treatment at Rishikesh-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and tested coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive two days ago, died on Saturday morning.

Uttarakhand reported 20 new Covid-19 positive cases on Saturday, as the overall tally rose to 173. (Waseem Andrabi/HT file photo. Representative image)

This is the second death in Uttarakhand of a Covid-19 positive patient, where comorbidity is the cause of death and not contracting SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease.

Ravi Kant, director, AIIMS, Rishikesh, said the lady patient, a resident of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, died due to cancer in the food pipe and not Covid-19.

The state health department’s bulletin reported that the lady died due to type 2 respiratory failure because of carcinoma in the oesophagus.

On May 1, a 56-year-old woman from Nainital district, who had tested Covid-19 positive at AIIMS, Rishikesh, had died, but the officials said a brain stroke that she had suffered earlier claimed her life.

A health bulletin issued by the state government had attributed her death to a less than normal blood flow to the heart because of the brain stroke.