A medical student (23) from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar died due to pneumonia after being infected with Covid-19 and influenza A (H3N2) viruses, Ahmednagar civil surgeon Dr Sanjay Ghogare said on Wednesday.
The medical student is among the two suspected H3N2 deaths in the state so far. The second suspected death due to H3N2 is of a 74-year-old man from Nagpur, health minister Dr Tanaji Sawant told the state assembly on Wednesday.
Last week, the union health ministry reported two H3N2 deaths from Karnataka and Haryana. The student was admitted to a private hospital in Ahmednagar city on March 13 and died within a day of admission on March 14.
Ahmednagar health officials said the student had recently gone to Alibaug for four days and returned on March 6. From March 10, he developed cough, fever and headache.
"He had consulted a physician, who had advised him to get admitted to the hospital. But he refused and started self-medication. His condition deteriorated rapidly thereaft...