PITHORAGARH: A 16-year-old girl died of Covid-19 in Champawat on Friday, a day after she was hospitalised for symptoms like cough, cold and trouble breathing.
On Thursday, Ritika Kharkwal, a class 12 student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and resident of Kharkchura village in Champawat, was taken to a district hospital.
"Ritika's Rapid Antigen Test for Covid-19 came positive. At night, her oxygen level dipped and her condition deteriorated. She died on Friday during treatment," said KK Agarwal, chief medical officer of Champawat.
It appears that she contracted the infection while she was on a school trip on March 28, said the CMO, adding that a medical team has been sent to her village and school to collect the samples of her family, villagers and classmates for RT-PCR.
On Thursday, Ritika Kharkwal, a class 12 student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and resident of Kharkchura village in Champawat, was taken to a district hospital.
"Ritika's Rapid Antigen Test for Covid-19 came positive. At night, her oxygen level dipped and her condition deteriorated. She died on Friday during treatment," said KK Agarwal, chief medical officer of Champawat.
It appears that she contracted the infection while she was on a school trip on March 28, said the CMO, adding that a medical team has been sent to her village and school to collect the samples of her family, villagers and classmates for RT-PCR.
