Covid-19 cases reach 181 in Maha

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Covid-19 cases reach 181 in Maha

Sunday, 29 March 2020 | TN RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

In a disquieting development, the number of coronavirus infected people in Maharashtra jumped to 181 as 28 more persons tested positive for the pandemic, while the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started two quarantine facilities with 285 beds at two different places in the metropolis.

“Of the newly infected Covid-19 patients, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 22 patients, while two persons were diagnosed positive for Coronavirus in Nagpur. The remaining four infected patients are from Palghar, Vasai-Virar and Navi Mumbai,” a medical bulletin put out by the Public Health Department of the Maharashtra government under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) said.

“As many as 104 patients admitted to various hospitals are not showing any symptoms of Covid-19. However, the condition of four hospitalised persons is serious,” the bulletin said.

There have so far been six Covid-19 deaths in Maharashtra.  The latest death was reported on Friday from the PD Hinduja Hospital, where an 85-year-old doctor died on Thursday night.

The coronavirus had claimed first life in the state on March 17, when a 63-year-old disease-infected had died at the Kasurba Hospital. Subsequently, another 63-year-old male patient, who had been admitted to private hospital in Mumbai died on March 21. Later on March 24, a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient died at Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai. On the same day, 65-year-old woman died in a hospital at Navi Mumbai.

As many as 323 persons were admitted to various hospitals in the state on Saturday. “Since January 18, 3816 people have been hospitalized in various isolation wards across the state owing to them developing symptoms such as fever, cold, cough etc. Out of the total admissions, 3391 laboratory samples were negative and 181 have been tested positive for coronavirus until today,” the medical bulletin said.

Twenty six patients who have recovered completely from COVID-19 have been discharged from various hospital. “As many as 18,295  people are home quarantined in the state, while 5928 people are in institutional quarantine centres,” the bulletin said.

In a related development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – in twin measures – started a new 250 bed Isolation centre at  MCGM Centre for Municipal Capacity Building & Research (MCMCR) at Powai in north-east Mumbai and a 35-beddede Isolation Centre at Seven Hills Hospital and OPD with the support of HN Reliance Hospital. “The Isolation centre at Seven Hills Hospital for citizens,” a BMC release said.

Confirming the Coronavirus-related death of a 85-year-old male patient at a private hospital in Mumbai late on Thursday night, the BMC release said: “He was known case of diabetes mellitus and had a permanent pacemaker with no historyg of travel.  He was in contact with close relative who had travelled to the United Kingdom. Patient positive on March 26 for Covid in a private laboratory which is being confirmed now”.

In another statement relating to the death of 85-year-old doctor, BMC’s Executive officer said that the son and grandson of the doctor who died at the Hinduja Hospital on Thursday had tested positive for Covid-19.

“In an effort to spread of Covid-19 following the death of the doctor who was a cardiac surgeon at Saifee Hospital, we have asked the Saifee Hospital administration to several measures including testing of all high and low risk contact swabs for Covid-19, putting to a stop to OPD work and admissions and cordoning of the Operation Theatre and ICU visited by the deceased doctor,” the BMC release said.              

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced the setting up of a “Chief Minister Relief Fund –COVID 19”

Uddhav appealed to industrialists, company heads, voluntary, religious organisations and citizens to join the Maharashtra  government in fighting Coronavirus on a war footing. We have  set up the  Chief Minister Relief Fund –COVID 19. I request you to donate money generously to this fund,” the chief minister said, in an appeal made here on Saturday.

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