COVID-19 patient dies in Vadodara; Guj toll rises to 7

Ahmedabad: A 52-year-old coronavirus patient died in Gujarat’s Vadodara district early Thursday morning, an official said.

The man was admitted to SSG Hospital in Vadodara on March 19 after he returned from Sri Lanka and tested positive for coronavirus, principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi told reporters in Gandhinagar.

With this, the COVID-29 death toll in the state has reached seven, she said.

So far, there are 87 COVID-19 cases in the state.

No new case has been reported in the state in the last 12 hours.