A 68-year-old woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital succumbed to the virus on March 13, 2020 making her the second confirmed Coronavirus death in India. She was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension.
The woman was in contact with her son who had travel history to Switzerland and Italy and had returned on February 23. Both developed symptoms of fever and were admitted to the hospital on March 7, 2020. Their samples were collected on the 8th and they tested positive on March 9.
The government is actively tracing the people who came in contact with the woman.
