Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID19 Death toll rises to 54

Source: Insidene

Arunachal Pradesh has recorded Three more Covid19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s death toll to 54. On Sunday, a 75-year-old male from Rumgong village in Siang district, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on 21 November, passed away. The deceased was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and had been admitted due to sudden loss of consciousness with aspiration pneumonia. The patient was discharged on request by his relatives but he passed away on the way to Rumgong.

A 28-year-old female from Pushi Nyorak village in West Siang district also passed away at the DCH in Chimpu. She was suffering from severe anaemia and hepatic encephalopathy with Covid-19. The patient had been referred from the TRIHMS and admitted at the DCH in Chimpu on 27 November and died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome. 

Earlier, a 65-year-old male from Lelekujan village in Lakhimpur, Assam, passed away at the dedicated Covid hospital (DCH) in Chimpu. He was suffering from anaemia with Covid-19 infection. The patient had been admitted on 26 November and died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome.