Sikkim reported its first death from COVID-19 when a 74-year-old man succumbed to the virus at a state-run hospital in Gangtok.
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‘Sikkim government extended the statewide lockdown until August 1 to check the coronavirus's spread.’
Sikkim Director General-cum-Secretary of Health Department, Pema T. Bhutia, said that a 74-year-old man died at the Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial (STNM) hospital. The patient, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, was admitted to the STNM hospital on Saturday night after he tested positive for Covid-19. "When the condition of the patient deteriorated, he was shifted to the hospital's intensive care unit where he succumbed to the disease," Bhutia said.
The hilly state has so far registered 499 Covid-19 cases, while the number of active cases stood at 357 as on Sunday.
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