Telangana man dies of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

By IANS | Published: April 17, 2020 03:16 PM2020-04-17T15:16:05+5:302020-04-17T15:30:16+5:30

A man from Telangana's Nizamabad town has died of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, his relatives here said.

Telangana man dies of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia | Telangana man dies of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Telangana man dies of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Hyderabad, April 17 A man from Telangana's Nizamabad town has died of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, his relatives here said.

According to information received by his relatives, the 65-year-old succumbed to COVID-19 at a hospital in Makkah on Thursday. He was admitted to the hospital with fever on Tuesday and it was only after his death that he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The deceased, who was employed with a leading Saudi company for over three decades, is survived by his wife and four children.

He is the fifth Indian to die of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia and the first victim from Telangana.

Earlier, two men from Kerala and one each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh died of COVID-19.

Indian Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed had announced on Wednesday that a total of 186 Ind tested positive for COVID-19 in the kingdom.

He said the Indian Embassy was working to address the concerns of the Ind in Saudi Arabia amid a growing number of corona cases.

( With inputs from IANS )

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