In two weeks, Pune has reported 39% of the total COVID-19 cases
Shikha Chaurasia
Pune, July 15, 2020: Pune city has reported 11,262 COVID-19 cases just in the past two weeks according to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The total number of Coronavirus cases in the city as of July 13 were 28,375 and 39% of these total cases were reported within the past two weeks.
Rapid ascension in the Coronavirus cases in the city has forced the district administration to re-impose a lockdown. The lockdown was re-imposed on Tuesday and will last till Thursday, July 23. Due to the increase in cases, the civic body has started using rapid antigen detection kits to increase the capacity for testing COVID-19 patients.
PMC Additional Commissioner Rubal Agarwal said, “In the last two weeks, there has been ward wise percentage increase. We are planning to focus on 3- I’s – identification of suspected patients, increase contact tracing and testing and increase in dedicated COVID beds.”
The highest surge in COVID-19 cases in the city has been reported from- Kothrud, Karvenagar, Warje, Bavdhan, Mundhwa, Hadapsar, Kondhwa, Sahakarnagar and Dhankawadi.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has appealed to the state government to make it mandatory for all cured patients to donate their blood for plasma therapy.
