A 30-year-old woman in the Medak district of Hyderabad reportedly passed away after she came to know that she tested positive for Covid-19. Health officials have suggested that the woman died due to fear after contracting the infection.

The 30-year-old woman, who was running a fever since Wednesday, underwent her Covid test at a health facility in Toopran on Thursday morning. "After she learnt that she tested positive for the infection she suddenly lost consciousness and died at the health facility itself," a senior health official at the facility was quoted as saying by a news agency. The official further added that the woman had a history of diabetes for the past three years and died moments after she heard the news of her diagnosis.

The Union Health Ministry on Monday informed that as many as 3,68,147 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,99,25,604. Nearly 2,18,959 people succumbed to the viral infection.