A 21-year-old COVID-19 affected person died at a hospital in Thane, Maharashtra, Thane Municipal Company was quoted by information company PTI as saying. The 21-year-old, a resident of Mumbra, was admitted for remedy at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Kalwa Hospital in Thane on Might 22, 2025.
Extra particulars associated to the demise of the COVID-19 affected person is awaited.
Earlier, an 84-year-old man with extreme comorbidities died resulting from multi-organ failure in Karnataka’s Bengaluru, PTI reported. His COVID-19 check outcomes had come again constructive on Saturday. The well being division stated that town’s Whitefield resident died on Might 17 resulting from multi-organ failure.
Folks with comorbidities are at the next threat of COVID-19 illness.
A number of states, together with Karnataka and Delhi, have reported COVID-19 circumstances. On Saturday, Union Well being Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava reviewed the matter relating to COVID-19 circumstances reported throughout a number of states, primarily from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and so on, official sources informed PTI.
Most of those circumstances are stated to be delicate and below house care. Nevertheless, the Union well being ministry stays vigilant and, by means of its a number of businesses, is proactively monitoring the scenario intently, the official sources stated.
In line with well being specialists, there was no surge in COVID-19 circumstances; solely sporadic circumstances have been reported.
Dr Suranjit Chatterjee, Senior Advisor in Inside Medication at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, informed PTI on Friday, “In the mean time, the scenario is below management. There are, at most, sporadic circumstances, that are additionally uncommon. Even the current circumstances are being managed very simply.”
Amid issues over the COVID-19 surge, a number of states have issued advisories however have urged folks to not panic.
COVID-19 ‘surge’ and coronavirus variant
COVID-19 circumstances have additionally spiked in Southeast Asia. Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and China have lately reported an increase in coronavirus circumstances.
JN.1, a COVID-19 variant and Omicron lineage’s BA.2.86 subvariant, is usually credited with the rise in Covid circumstances. The World Well being Group (WHO) has categorised it as a “variant of curiosity” however not a “concern”.
At current, ‘LF.7’ and ‘NB.1.8’ – each descendants of the ‘JN.1’ variant – are the primary variants of the COVID-19 – inflicting virus circulating in Singapore. The variants collectively account for over two-thirds of the domestically sequenced circumstances.
