India News | Coronavirus-positive Cong Candidate Dies at Kolkata Hospital
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Congress candidate Rezaul Haque, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after testing positive for COVID-19, died early on Thursday, health department sources said.
Kolkata, Apr 15 (PTI) Congress candidate Rezaul Haque, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after testing positive for COVID-19, died early on Thursday, health department sources said.
Haque, the party's nominee from Samsherganj assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, was initially admitted to a private hospital in Jangipur on Wednesday, but later referred to a medial facility in Kolkata after his condition deteriorated at night.
He died around 5 am, the sources said.
Samsherganj goes to polls in the seventh phase on April 26.
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