IAS officer Alok Goyal succumbs to covid-19

An IAS officer, Alok Goyal, currently posted as OSD, succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday after battling the disease long in New Delhi. According to the reports, he went for kidney transplant, since then, he had been suffering from kidney-related ailments.

New Delhi: Alok Goyal— a 1995 batch IAS officer— succumbed to COVID-19 after battling a long in New Delhi on Thursday. Goyal, who was currently posted as an OSD (Officer on Special Duty), had an image of a 'brave officer'. He was also posted at Lohardaga and Chatra as a District Collector.

According to the reports, he went for a kidney transplant, since then, he had been suffering from kidney-related ailments.

Meanwhile, India's daily spike of coronavirus cases remained below the 1 lakh mark for the third consecutive day as only 94,052 new infections were recorded during a 24-hour period, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Meanwhile, India recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities with 6,148 new deaths in the last 24 hours, as Bihar revised its COVID fatality numbers over the past month, after an audit.