Delhi's first coronavirus patient shares experience about his successful recovery

A 45-year old businessman who was the first person in Delhi to be diagnosed with the infection is now heaving a sigh of relief post his successful recovery from the deadly virus. Narrating his experience, the Delhi resident, says, "I returned from Europe on February 25 and I had fever the next day. I went to a doctor who told me it was a throat infection. He gave me medicine for three days. I recovered on 28th but I again had fever on 29th so I went to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. On March 1st I tested positive," he said.

"Honestly, it was difficult only till the time they had not told me I was positive. But when a team of doctors came to see me at Safdarjung the next day where I had been shifted, they made me so comfortable saying 'it is curable, you are a healthy person and it is just cold and cough and it would just go. It just takes a little more time than the usual cold and cough'," he said."I am not a doctor but it was little different than he usual cold and cough. I was at an isolation ward at Safdarjung that the government of India has created for this. The facilities were very good, it was among the best I have seen, even including private hospitals. I had a private room with a bathroom," he said.

The Delhi resident was among seven positive cases of coronavirus reported in the city including a patient who died. Of these, two persons who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 and were admitted to hospitals have been discharged following treatment, the Delhi Health Department said in a statement.The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 110 on Sunday, with Maharashtra reporting the highest number of cases followed by Kerala. Across the world, the disease that originated in China's Wuhan late last year, has killed over 6,000 people.