Pregnant woman dies of COVID-19

October 12, 2020 01:06 am | Updated 01:06 am IST - Kannur

A 36-year-old pregnant woman died of COVID-19 at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kannur, on Sunday.

Doctors, however, managed to save the baby. The baby was put on ventilator and is in a critical condition.

A resident of Nayanmarmoola in Kasaragod, the deceased was suffering from multiple health issues. According to medical superintendent K. Sudeep, the patient was brought to the hospital in a critical condition on October 8 and was suffering from severe pneumonia.

The patient was not healthy enough to conceive. Besides, the infection further complicated matters, doctors said.

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