A 68-year-old Philippines national who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted at Kasturba Hospital on March 13, died on Monday morning. Since his admission, he was in critical state and died hours after he was shifted to Hiranandani Hospital in Powai.

The patient, an Islamic scholar, had travelled with nine other Filipinos to Navi Mumbai on March 10. The civic body had earlier reported the patient as being 59 years old. Soon after, he and two other members of his group tested positive and they were all admitted to Kasturba hospital.