The ninth patient with coronavirus has died in Russia

In the Pskov region the patient died with a confirmed diagnosis of “coronavirus”, RIA “Novosti” with links to the regional operational headquarters for the fight against COVID-19.”The patient had severe comorbidities in the lungs”, – stated in the message.

Later, the region’s Governor Mikhail Vedernikov said that the man had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension.”Patients with chronic diseases, the disease develops rapidly and is devastating,” wrote Vedernikov Instagram.

the Doctors to the last struggled for life of the patient, said the Governor, expressing condolences to the families of the deceased. He learned of the death of patient with coronavirus during a meeting of the regional oberstab. Right after it the head of the region went to the infectious Department in order to understand the situation.

According to the chief physician of the city hospital of Alexei Vasiliev, the patient was not bedridden patients. In the early days the temperature had risen to 39 degrees, but the shortness of breath and other symptoms are not manifested. After the patient’s condition worsened, he was prescribed therapy, but to save him failed, said the doctor.

According to the operational headquarters, before it was aware of six deaths in Moscow and one in Orenburg and St. Petersburg.

According to the latest data, the country identified 1534 case of infection (1014 of them in Moscow), 64 patients have recovered.