Ambala (Haryana) [India], June 19 (ANI): A 55-year-old COVID-19 positive patient committed suicide by hanging himself at a hospital here on Thursday, police said.

"He sent a message to his family asking them to perform his last rites while maintaining a distance of 10-feet from his body," said Mullana Police Station SHO Narender Singh.

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Police is further investigating the matter. (ANI)

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