NEW DELHI: The death toll due to the current wave of Covid-19 in the country has touched 37, with five fatalities reported Tuesday, which included two from Maharashtra and one each from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bengal. Total number of Covid-19 cases has touched 4,026, with Kerala reporting 1,416 cases, followed by Maharashtra (494), Gujarat (397) and Delhi (393).Of the 37 Covid deaths reported in India this year, a maximum of 10 have occurred in Maharashtra, followed by Kerala (9), Delhi (4), Karnataka (4), Tamil Nadu (3) and UP (2). Gujarat, MP, Punjab, Rajasthan and Bengal have reported one death each.Both the persons who died in Maharashtra on Tuesday were women in their 70s with co-morbidities that included diabetes, according to information shared by the govt. The victim in Kerala was an 80-year-old man with severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease.The deceased from Tamil Nadu was a 69-year-old woman with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Parkinson’s Disease, while the one from West Bengal was a 43-year-old woman with co-morbidities that included acute coronary syndrome, septic shock and acute kidney injury.
