In a video statement on Twitter, the Balrampur Police informed that the patient, identified as Prem Nath Mishra, had been admitted to a hospital on May 25 and tested positive for the coronavirus.
A man in a PPE suit was caught on camera throwing a body into Rapti river in Uttar Pradesh. The body was of a Covid positive patient who lost his life on May 28.
Balrampur Chief Medical Officer Vijay Bahadur Singh on Sunday said the body has been identified as that of Prem Nath Mishra, a resident of Sohratgarh in UP s Siddharth Nagar district.