AGRA: A journalist who was tested COVID-19 positive and was admitted in S N Medical College has died, said Prabhu N Singh, Agra District Magistrate. He has been identified as Pankaj Kul Shreshtta, a senior journalist.

"A journalist, who had tested positive for #COVID19 and was admitted at the isolation ward of SN Medical College, has died. He was on ventilator since Wednesday," said Singh.

As per the latest update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 52,952, including 15,267 recovered/migrated and 1,783 deaths.