Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, 67 year old, former “Hazuri Raagi” at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, dies on Thursday morning of Coronavirus informs a health officer.
The “Gurbani” exponent was awarded India’s 4th highest civilian award, Padma Shri in 2009. He had returned from abroad recently and on Wednesday he was tested positive for the novel Coronavirus said an official.
Dr Sujata Sharma, Principal of Government Medical College said that his condition started deteriorating from Wednesday evening and after that we was put on ventilator support. She added that, at 4:30 AM on Thursday he took his last breath.
On March 30, =Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa was admitted to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital after he complained of dizziness and breathlessness said Dr Sharma. The total tally of death caused by COVID-19 as of now has reached 65 and the number of cases reported of infection has crossed 2,000.
