A 32-year-old woman, who tested positive for Covid-19, has delivered a baby boy on Saturday night at a government hospital in Erode district.
The woman delivered the baby through cesarean on Saturday night at the IRT Perundurai Medical College in the district. "Both the mother and baby are fine. They are being constantly monitored," a source at the hospital said.
Health Department officials said the woman contracted Coronavirus from her husband, who attended a religious congregation in Delhi. She was admitted to the hospital on April 9 after she tested positive for Covid-19. Before being admitted to the hospital, the woman was under home quarantine.
Published 12 April 2020, 15:06 IST