BENGALURU: A 65-year-old man from Chikkaballapur, about 60 km from Bengaluru, succumbed to covid-19 in early hours on Wednesday, the state health department said in a bulletin.
This was fifth covid-19 casualty in the state in less than 48 hours, with the death toll now at 11. "A 65-year-old male patient resident of Chikkaballapur, was referred from a private hospital, Bengaluru Urban, to a covid-19 designated hospital, on late evening 13.04.2020, with complaint of H1N1 positive, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with obstructive sleep apnea and past history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, hypertension," the state health department said.