Maharashtra reports first Covid-19 death in months | Mumbai News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The state government reported a Covid-19 death on Wednesday, marking the first fatality in months. This death, however, did not occur recently; it took place in July, as stated by the BMC. The inclusion of this death in the official records happened just this Wednesday.

The deceased was a 75-year-old man who had a history of liver carcinoma, said Dr Daksha Shah, BMC’s executive health officer. She said that while the man was infected with Covid-19, the infection was not the primary cause of his death. Throughout June and July, the city had not experienced any Covid-related fatalities, except the one July death reported on Wednesday. Doctors said they rarely come across cases of Covid, although testing too has dropped drastically. The state reported 14 new Covid cases on Wednesday.