A 25-year-old migrant worker died after being bitten by a snake at a Covid-19 quarantine facility in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police said on Tuesday.
Dhansingh was bitten by a poisonous snake while sleeping in a room in a government school in Lengi village late on Monday, said R.K. Rana, the Station House Officer of Pasaan police station.
The victim died early Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Pendra town, he added.
The deceased had returned from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month along with four other people from his village and was quarantined in the government school for 14 days as a precautionary measure, the officer said.
A case has been registered and further investigation is on, he added.
Incidents of suicide by migrant workers and deaths due to snake bite in quarantine facilities have been reported from other districts including Mugeli, Rajnandgaon, Baloda Bazar and Gariaband in the last two months.
