India: 76-year-old Covid positive woman declared dead wakes up minutes before cremation

Maharashtra - The last minute before lighting the pyre, Gaikwad woke up shocked to find her relatives ready to set it on fire.

A 76-year-old Covid positive woman, who was to be cremated as her relatives feared she had died, got up from the bier as it was about to be lit at a village crematorium in Baramati in Maharashtra on Monday, shocking all who had gathered to pay their last respects.

Shakuntala Gaikwad, a resident of Mudhale village, was then rushed to a hospital in Baramati, where she is undergoing further treatment. Santosh Gaikwad, a police official, said the incident took place at the village.