14 Months Old Boy Dies, Youngest Covid Causality In India

A 14-month-old baby boy who had tested positive for Coronavirus in Gujarat's Jamnagar district on April 5 died of multiple organ failure at a government hospital. His parents are from Uttar Pradesh and work as casual labourers in factories in the port city Parents. They have no recent travel history.

The boy was in a critical condition ever since he was admitted to the hospital and was as on ventilator support. He becomes the youngest patient to succumb to Covid-19 in Gujarat, where the death toll has now gone up to 16.

Ever since he tested Coronavirus positive, the authorities had been tracing the source of his infection.

India so far recorded a total of 5351 corona positive cases out of which 4723 are active with 160 deaths. 468 people have been recovered from the deadly disease.