On 9 May, he became one of the youngest doctors to lose their lives to COVID-19. 
Dr Dipika was pregnant with their second child when she tested positive for COVID-19 on 11 April 2021. A day after losing her fetus, on 26 April, Dipika breathed her last.
85 year old Dr Mishra, spent five decades of his life working at the SRN Hospital, Prayagraj, but when he caught COVID on 13 April, and his condition started deteriorating drastically, the hospital that was running on full capacity had no ventilators or beds to spare for him.
Dr K K Aggarwal was a physician and cardiologist who dedicated the last couple of years of his life to fighting the COVID pandemic in the country.
25 year old Dr Maha Basheer died of COVID complications on 27 April, just days after losing her fetus.
All through her pregnancy, Maha continued to work at the Kanachur Medical College in Mangalore, where she was pursuing her masters.
All through her pregnancy, Maha continued to work at the Kanachur Medical College in Mangalore, where she was pursuing her masters.
"May be last Good Morning. I may not meet you here on this platform. Take care all. Body dies. Soul doesn't. Soul is immortal," reads Dr Manisha Jadhav's last, farewell post on Facebook.
51 year old Manisha was Chief Medical Officer at the Sewri TB hospital, Mumbai. Died 19 April
51 year old Manisha was Chief Medical Officer at the Sewri TB hospital, Mumbai. Died 19 April
"A rare doctor disinterested in money; his only ambition to serve the most needy. For many years, he worked in our homeless street work. Until his end, he was running our COVID clinic for the homeless." wrote Harsh Mander, eulogising his friend on Twitter.
Dr Rajendra Kapila was a renowned infectious diseases expert & Professor at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School.
Visiting India to care for family, he was supposed to have left for the states in early April, but contracted COVID himself and had to be hospitalised, and died soon.
Visiting India to care for family, he was supposed to have left for the states in early April, but contracted COVID himself and had to be hospitalised, and died soon.
30 year old Dr Shubham Upadhyay had been looking after COVID patients for months at the Bundelkhand Medical College when he himself contracted the infection.
Dr Shubham breathed his last on 25 November, after a month long battle with COVID.
Dr Shubham breathed his last on 25 November, after a month long battle with COVID.
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