He becomes the youngest patient to succumb to COVID-19 in Gujarat, total deaths due to coronavirus in India has climbed up to 149.
Ahemdabad| A 14-month-old baby boy, who had tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district on April 5, died of multiple organ failure on Tuesday, said officials.
The toddler, son of a migrant labourer-couple having no recent travel history, died in the evening at a government hospital in Jamnagar, said an official release.
He was in a critical condition ever since he was admitted to the hospital, it said.
The boy, who tested positive for novel coronavirus two days ago, was as on ventilator support and eventually died due to multiple organ failure, said the release.
He becomes the youngest patient to succumb to COVID-19 in Gujarat, where the death toll has now gone up to 16.
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“The child is the son of a labourer couple hailing from Uttar Pradesh. They live in Dared industrial area on the outskirts of Jamnagar city and work in factories as casual labourers. They have not gone out of the area since long. Yet, their 14-month-old son got the coronavirus infection,” the collector said.
He was brought to a government hospital on Saturday by his parents after his health condition started deteriorating.
He tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, Shankar said.
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