Two more die in Surat, toll rises to four

SURAT: The death toll due to novel coronavirus in the city increased to three after a 52-year-old man from Rander succumbed at the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC)-run SMIMER hospital on Tuesday.
Ehsaan Khan Pathan, 52, a resident of Al-Amin Residency, New Rander road at Gorat was admitted with co-morbid conditions like hypertension, diabetes and depression and he was on the ventilator since April 4.His tested positive on April 5. His condition deteriorated on Tuesday morning and he died at 3.20 pm on Tuesday. His last rites were conducted as per the government protocol.
Sources said that Pathan had no travel history, but he had come in the contact with a Covid-19 patient from Rander. His wife was shifted to the government quarantine facility at Samras hostel.
Another patient, Rameshchandra Rana, 65, a resident of Hathi Faliya in Begumpura, who was admitted in the NCH’s isolation ward on April 3, died on Tuesday evening. The deceased was suffering from hypertension and diabetes.
Earlier, a 67-year-old man from Nanpura and a 61-year-old woman from Pal had died due to COVID-19 at the Mahavir Hospital and Seventh Day Adventist Mission hospital.