A 73-old-man who had tested positive for the new Omicron variant of coronavirus has succumbed to his infection in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Friday.
The septuagenarian was also suffering from hypertension and diabetes, said reports. The man had tested negative for COVID-19 on December 21. However, four days later, on December 25, he contracted the new strain of the virus. The hospital authorities have suspected that the man might die due to the effect of post-COVID pneumonia.
Earlier on Thursday, a 52-year-old man who had tested positive for the new coronavirus variant died of a cardiac arrest in the Pimpri district of Maharashtra. However, the state attributed the demise to his underlying medical situation and chose not to declare it the first casualty of the variant.
As per the reports, the deceased, a chronic diabetic patient, had recently arrived from Nigeria. However, he passed away following a heart attack, at the YB Chavan Hospital, in Pimpri Chinchwad (Pune) on Tuesday and his reports on Thursday confirmed Omicron afflicted him.
