19 of a family test positive for COVID-19
Sangareddy (Telangana): Nineteen members of a family in Sangareddy district have tested positive for coronavirus, health department officials said here on Saturday.
They said a 55-year-old woman in Zaherabad was admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad earlier this week with multiple health problems.
Her swabs were collected for coronavirus tests on June 9, but she died the same day.
The woman was buried in the town on June 10 with 25 relatives attending the funeral.
Meanwhile, her samples tested positive on June 10, following which all the relatives were put in isolation at the government hospital here, and their swabs were sent to Hyderabad for COVID-19 tests.
Nineteen of the family tested positive on Friday and reports of six others are awaited, the officials said.
Shanti Nagar colony, the area where the woman and her relatives lived, has been declared a red zone, officials said.
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Man jumps to death from 22nd floor of posh Noida society; depression suspected
Noida (PTI): A 37-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 22nd floor of a posh residential society in Sector 107 here, police said on Monday.
The incident took place on Sunday in Prateek Edifice Society under the jurisdiction of the Sector-39 police station. The deceased has been identified as Sajjal Mehrotra, a company director who lived in the society with his family.
"On Sunday afternoon, he jumped from the balcony of his flat on the 22nd floor," a police official said.
Family members and security guards rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead, police said, adding that no suicide note has been found.
Prima facie, the deceased was suffering from depression, officials said, adding that other aspects of the case are being investigated.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and further legal formalities are underway.
Police said the man got married about 10 years ago and is survived by his wife and two children. No complaint has been received from the family in connection with the incident.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
