A 64-year-old man became the first casualty of Coronavirus in the state, when he died on Tuesday morning, while he was kept in isolation at the Kasturba Hospital. He also had pneumonia and underlying cardiac issues. He was cremated on Tuesday evening. His wife and son could not attend the funeral as they had also tested positive and are in isolation at Kasturba Hospital.

Senior civic officials said that the man also had hypertension. "The patient was on a non-invasive ventilator and his condition was fluctuating. We tried to revive him and wean him off the ventilator but weren't able to and he passed away at 7 am on Tuesday," said a senior civic official. Civic officials said that while the condition of most of the patients is improving, one is still being kept under close observation.