Jharkhand reported its second death due to coronavirus with total number of positive cases in the State going up to 17, health officials said. The second death was reported at the trauma centre of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), Ranchi, on Sunday. RIMS director Dr DK Singh confirmed the death of patient. The deceased is husband of a corona infected woman, a resident of Hindpiri locality of Ranchi.
According to health officials, the deceased (60) had no travel history and was detected corona positive few days back and was admitted at RIMS. Sources said that the patient was suffering from breathing problem and was put on ventilator.
Dr Vijay Bihari, Ranchi’s civil surgeon, told media persons that the man was among the eight people brought to RIMS from Hindpiri area of the state capital. Sources said that deceased got the infection from his wife, who was infected by a Malaysian woman.
Jharkhand had registered its first confirmed case on March 31, when a 22-year-old Malaysian woman tested positive for the virus. She was the part of a 22-people group, including 17 foreign nationals, who were recovered from two mosques in Ranchi. The group had come to Ranchi last month after attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi.
Earlier, a 72-year-old man from Gomia’s Sadam village in Bokaro district had died of coronavirus on April 9. Meanwhile, as the reports of death of man spread, there was panic in Hindpiri locality as people from same area after the detection of first coronavirus case had not cooperated with district administration team who had gone for testing.
The residents had protested against district administration and health team claiming that in name of test they are carrying of NRC, NPR survey.
Meanwhile, residents of Ratu Road and Bariatu area staged a protest after news spread that the deceased will be buried at Ratu Road Kabrishtan. The residents from nearby Mohallahs staged a protest against district administration decision to bury the body at Ratu Road Kabrishtan, later the administration changed its decision. Ranchi SDM, Lokesh Mishra said, “Due to public protest the body will not be buried at Ratu Road Kabrishtan, the district administration team is finding other place where the body will be buried.”
Meanwhile apart from death of a patient at Hindpiri area, no new positive cases were reported on Sunday. Out of the samples collected, Number of positive cases is 17. By Sunday, the total samples collected is 2117 out of 1666 samples have been found to be negative. Out of the samples collected, Number of test in progress is 434. Number of person in home quarantine is 1,08,911 at 15,548 quarantine centres.