MUMBAI: The test reports of a 40-year-old woman who died in Mumbai on Saturday have come out positive for coronavirus, taking the death toll of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra to seven, a civic official said on Sunday.
The official said that the woman was admitted to a civic hospital here on Saturday after she complained of severe respiratory distress. "She died on Saturday and her sample was sent for testing. The report came out positive for coronavirus. She is the seventh person who died of COVID-19 in the state," the official said.
"The woman was complaining of breathlessness and chest pain since last three-four days. She was also suffering from hypertension," the official added.