Coronavirus Pune: 93 new COVID patients in Pune city today, 8 in PCMC
Pune, April 29, 2020: There were 93 fresh cases of Coronavirus positive patients in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) areas taking the total tally in Pune city to 1432 which included 81 deaths and 230 cured patients. In the Pune district the total number of patients has reached 1595.
According to PMC officials till 9 pm today, two patients died – one 65 year old from Ganesh Peth and 71 year old from Tadiwala road – during treatment while 27 patients including four senior citizens were discharged after being cured. There are still 1121 active patients including 70 critical patients. A woman corporator and her husband, as well as woman head constable of Pune CID, was also detected COVID19 positive.
Meanwhile, Additional Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pune Smart City CEO Rubal Agarwal has appealed to the people of Pune to come forward as ‘Corona Warriors’ to make Pune Coronavirus free. People can contact on Toll-Free number 18001030222 or visit http://covidsevak.punecorporation.org for more information.
During the day, 8 new patients of Corona were found in Pimpri Chinchwad city. 4 patients are residents of Pune. The total number of positive patients in PCMC areas has reached 115 including 5 from Pune. Also, 35 patients have been cured and discharged till now while 4 patients have died including one from Pune. Today four patients were discharged. There are still 67 active patients in PCMC, while 10 residents of PCMC are undergoing treatment elsewhere.
After Pimprigaon and Kalewadi phata, now some parts of Pimple Nilakh have been sealed from 11 pm today (Wednesday) after a positive patient was detected in the area. PCMC has sealed areas from SS Furniture – Gurudutt Medical – Bhaurao Kamte Chowk – PCMC water tank – Jai Malhar Mess – Babasaheb Ambedkar road – Kamble properties, Panchsheel Nagar bus stop – Kunal Heights society – SS Furniture.
In Khadki cantonment board (KCB) area, a 50-year-old woman from Khadki Bazaar police line died while undergoing treatment at YCM Hospital in Pimpri. One seven-year-old boy tested positive today. The total number of patients in the KCB area has reached 17 including two dead and one cured patient.
According to the Pune district health officer (DHO) Dr Bhagwan Pawar, till 9 pm today, the total of the number of COVID19 patients reached 1595 in Pune district which includes 268 cured and 86 dead patients till now. There are 28 patients from Cantonment boards while 42 are from Pune rural areas.
Health minister Rajesh Tope said that the current count of COVID19 patients in the state of Maharashtra is 9915. Today, newly 597 patients have been identified as positive for Covid19. From these,1593 Covid19 patients have been cured and discharged from the respective hospitals.
