Covid-19 patient commits suicide in Haryana

A Covid-19 patient allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using bedsheets at a hospital in Haryana's Ambala district on Thursday, police said.

The 52-year-old patient, a resident of Jagadhri in Yamunanagar district, was admitted to MM Medical College, Ambala after he had tested positive for the virus.

The hospital authorities noticed the body when the ward was being sanitized in the morning and the matter was later reported to police, they said.

A case has been registered and the body will be handed over to the family after post-mortem, they said.