COVID-19: 4-month-old recovers, discharged from Vizag hospital after 18-days on ventilator

A four-month-old baby who had contracted COVID-19 infection from her mother was successfully treated and discharged from Visakhapatnam VIMS hospital on Friday evening.

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh): A four-month-old baby who was on ventilator treatment for 18 days for COVID-19 was on Friday evening discharged from hospital after testing negative.

"A tribal woman of East Godavari named Laxmi was infected with COVID-19 in May, later the doctors confirmed that her four-month-old baby was also infected," said District Collector, Vinay Chand.

"The baby was shifted to Visakhapatnam VIMS hospital on May 25. She was treated for 18 days on a ventilator. Doctors again conducted baby's COVID-19 test recently, following which the reports came negative. After a health check-up, VIMS doctors discharged the baby on Friday evening," he added.

Meanwhile, 14 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Visakhapatnam district on Friday, taking the total number of cases to 252 including one fatality due to the virus.

According to the ministry of health and family welfare there are 141842 active cases in India with 147194 recoveries and 8498 deaths.

ANI report