Farmer Protests: Activist Succumbs To Covid-19 After Falling Ill At Farmer Protest Site On Delhi Border

Momita Basu (25), daughter of communist leader Utsav Basu from West Bengal, died of Covid-19 on Friday (30 April). She had reached the protest site at the Tikri border on 12 April and fell ill on 26 April as per a report published in The Times of India.

She had an infection in her lungs apart from testing positive for Covid-19.

Delhi reported 18,043 new Covid-19 cases, 20,293 discharges and 448 deaths in the last 24 hours (3 May), taking the active cases tally to 89,592.