Two more GBS deaths take Maharashtra toll to 21, India toll at 25

KOLHAPUR/ NAGPUR: Maharashtra reported two more deaths linked to Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) this year - one each in Kolhapur and Nagpur - taking the state's toll from the neurological infection to 21 and the country's fatality count to 25. While an 80-year-old patient from Kolhapur who was on ventilator support succumbed to the complications caused by GBS on Feb 19, a 32-year-old man died in Nagpur on Friday. The octogenarian was the second GBS casualty from Kolhapur's Shahu Mill Colony and the fourth in the district.

Pune, where the cluster started on Jan 9, has witnessed the highest caseload and the maximum number of deaths at 11. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Bengal account for a death each..