With no let up in the continued deaths and substantial number of infected cases in Maharashtra, as many as eleven persons died of Covid-19 on Monday taking the total number of deaths to 160 and a record 352 others tested positive in various parts of the State.
On a day when the total number of infected cases rose from 1982 to 2334, Mumbai accounted for nine deaths, while one death was reported from Malegaon and Pune.
Of the 11 deaths reported on Monday, four were men and 7 women. Six of them were aged over 60 years, while 5 deceased were in the age group 40 to 60 years. “Eight out of these 11 patients (73%) had high-risk comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease,” the state medical bulletin said.
With 11 fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in Maharashtra has gone up to 160.
The number deathsin Mumbai has risen to 101.
Of total 352 infected cases reported on Monday, Mumbai accounted for 242, while there were 39 cases from Pune.
“Out of 43,199 laboratory samples, 39,089 were negative and 2334 have been tested positive for coronavirus until today,” the bulletin said.
“ A total 4223 surveillance squads were working today across the state and surveillance of 15.93 lakh population was done,” the bulletin said.
In all, 229 patients have been discharged till date after full recovery.
Meanwhile, the state health authorities said that they were carrying out a thorough search of citizens who had attended the religious gathering at Banglewali Masjid at Nizamuddin last month was underway at the level of all districts and municipal corporations.
Of the Tablighi Jamaat event attendees, 755 have been tested and 50 have been found to be positive for Covid-19
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Government has constituted a Task Force of Specialist doctors to suggest measures to minimise death rate and suggest measures for critical management of Covid-19 patients particularly critically ill patients and further to treat the patients in six designated hospitals.
The six designated Covid-19 Critical Care Hospitals are: Dr Bulabhai Nanavati Hospital, St Georg Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Wockhardt Hospital, HHS Balasaheb Thackeray Hospitgla and Seven Hill Hospitals.
The nine-member task force be headed by Dr Sanjay Oak. It will comprise doctors from eight different hospitals.
Among other things, the task force will establish Patients’ management protocol and to recommend requirement of specialist doctors and health care support staff in the six designated Covid-19 Critical Care Hospitals.