Kolkata: A 57-year-old man infected with coronavirus died in a Kolkata hospital on Monday, the first death recorded in West Bengal due to the contagion, hospital sources said.
The deceased was a resident of Dumdum in the North 24 Parganas district. He died at a private hospital.
He had been in the hospital since February 16 and was on ventilator support, news agency PTI reported.
The deceased had no recent history of travelling abroad, but had visited Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh this February.
“The man had acute respiratory distress syndrome. We had taken proper protective measures but he died this (Monday) afternoon,” a hospital spokesperson said.
His family members are under observation in an isolation ward at a state-run hospital, state government officials said.
