60-Year-Old Dies Of COVID Near Chennai; India’s Toll Rises To 13

The 60-year-old patient, who had been undergoing treatment at KK Nagar ESI Hospital for other health issues, tested positive for COVID-19 before his condition deteriorated.

Officials confirmed that he passed away en route to the Chennai facility.

Source : PTI

A 60-year-old resident of Maraimalai Nagar near Chengalpattu succumbed to COVID-19 while being shifted to Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital at midnight, marking the first fatality in Tamil Nadu amid an overall decline in weekly case numbers.

The patient, who had been undergoing treatment at KK Nagar ESI Hospital for other health issues, tested positive for COVID-19 before his condition deteriorated, as per a report on ABP Nadu. Officials confirmed that he passed away en route to the Chennai facility.

The incident comes just days after the state reported a significant dip in new COVID-19 infections with only three fresh cases recorded between May 19 and 26. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 60 patients were discharged during the same period.

'Long Covid Likely Causes Sleep Disturbances, Poor Appetite': Study

Meanwhile, a recent study conducted in the US has found that infants under two years old suffering from long COVID are more likely to experience sleep disturbances, fussiness, poor appetite, nasal congestion, and cough. The children aged three to five commonly report symptoms such as dry cough and fatigue.

"Children with these symptoms often had worse overall health, lower quality of life, and delays in development," co-first author Tanayott Thaweethai, associate director of biostatistics research and engagement at Massachusetts General Hospital, US, said, as per a report on PTI.

Long COVID refers to lingering symptoms that persist well beyond the initial recovery from an acute COVID-19 infection. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, is part of the US National Institutes of Health's 'RECOVER' initiative, which aims to improve understanding and prevention of long COVID.