30 March 2020, 4:11 am
Covid 19 : 1st Covid 19 positive woman in North Bengal no more
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Covid 19 : 1st Covid 19 positive woman in North Bengal no more
Pakyong, 30 Mar : A first positive case of Covid 19 , a woman hailing from Kalimpong was admitted at North Bengal Medical College two days back reportedly succumed to complications at NBMC early Monday morning who was in isolation. This adds a second death due to Covid 19 in West Bengal.
1st COVID-19 positive woman in north Bengal admitted at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), Siliguri, died, sources claimed.
The patient, who hailed from Kalimpong, was undergoing treatment at NBMC died at 1:30 am today. She was admitted on 26th March. Doctors tried thier best to save her life but she breathed last early this morning.
Reportedly, this COVID 19 positive result of the woman admitted in North Bengal at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH), Siliguri, was confirmed by the test conducted at National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata.
As Per PTI
A woman infected with the coronavirus died at a state-run hospital in north Bengal on Monday, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths in West Bengal to two, hospital sources said.
The 54-year-old woman from Kalimpong in Darjeeling district breathed her last around 2 am at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where she was admitted.
She had recently returned from Chennai, where she had gone for the treatment of her daughter.
Her daughter and the doctor, who was treating the woman, have been quarantined at a centre, a health department official said.
Earlier, an elderly man from Kolkata had died from COVID-19 last week.
The total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 21 in West Bengal, including the two deaths .
North Bengal is barely 100 Km from Sikkim due to which shockwave of panic is felt in this tiny Himalayan State after the death of woman. However in Sikkim as per Sunday Live! Webcast Conference by Chief Minister Sh PS Tamang (Golay) , the state is fully prepared to combat the pandemic. Unlike any other states in Sikkim social media like Facebook, Whatsapp tools are doing a great task circulating information which are provided by all four District Administration instantly. Sikkim has highest density and per head Social media users in India, as per Survey of Digi Tech Systems.