A 75-year-old Covid-19 survivor woman in Andhra Pradesh returned home to that find her family had cremated another person by mistake. The incident occurred at Jaggaiahpet town in Krishna district on Wednesday.

According to local sources, the woman named Girijamma from the Christianpet locality had tested positive for Covid-19, and was admitted to the government hospital in Vijaywada on May 12, after which her husband Gaddayya returned home. Subsequently, her husband returned to the hospital on May 15 to check on her condition. However, Girijamma was missing from her bed and the hospital staff told her husband that she may have been shifted to another ward.