Karnataka reports fourth Covid death, 63-year-old with co-morbidities dies in Bengaluru

A 63 year old man with comorbidities and who tested positive for Covid19 died at a private hospital here, taking the coronavirus related death toll in the state to four, officials said on Saturday.

FP News Desk|May 31, 2025, 21:56:45 IST

A 63-year-old man who tested positive for Covid-19 and had multiple co-morbidities died at a private hospital in Bengaluru, raising the state’s coronavirus-related death toll to four, health officials said on Saturday.

He was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru Urban (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits) on May 21 after he complained of weakness and died on May 29, they said.

According to the health department statement, the elderly patient who was fully vaccinated was on post operative chemotherapy and had co-morbidities like pulmonary TB with squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa.

The health department stated that the cause of death was sagittal sinus and internal jugular vein thrombosis with cancer cachexia, noting that the Covid-19 infection was an incidental finding.

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