63-Year-Old Man Tested Positive For Covid-19 Dies In Bengaluru

A 63-year-old vaccinated man with pre-existing conditions, including cancer and TB, died in Bengaluru after testing positive for COVID-19, raising Karnataka's death toll to four.

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A 63-year-old man with co-morbidities and who tested positive for Covid-19 died at a private hospital here, taking the coronavirus-related death toll in the state to four, officials said on Saturday.

He was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru Urban (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits) on May 21 after he complained of weakness and died on May 29, they said.

According to the health department statement, the elderly patient who was fully vaccinated was on post operative chemotherapy and had co-morbidities like pulmonary TB with squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa.

The patient died due to saggital sinus, internal jugular vein thrombosis with cancer cachexia with incidental Covid positive status, it added.

Meanwhile, the health department bulletin pegged active Covid-19 cases at 238 in Karnataka as of May 31, with 58 new cases reported on Saturday.

The day also saw a total of 420 tests being done for Covid, including 354 RTPCR and 66 RAT tests. Saturday's positivity rate stood at 13.8 per cent and fatality rate at 1.7 per cent, it added. 

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