Coimbatore: For the first time in the district, a teenager died due to Covid-19 on Sunday.
The 13-year-old boy died due to Covid pneumonia. He was admitted to a private hospital on Saturday morning after he was found unable to think clearly and concentrate.
It was one of the 39 deaths recorded due to the virus in the district, taking the toll to 1,274. It is the second highest number of deaths declared due to the virus in a single day. The others included a 30-year-old woman, who died in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital hardly 24 hours after admission on Friday. She tested positive only on Sunday. A 35-year-old man with ischemic heart disease died after 13 days of hospitalization on Friday. The district recorded 3,488 fresh cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,70,497.