In yet another horrible day for the Covid-19 battered Maharashtra, as many as 17 persons died of the pandemic taking the total number of deaths to 127 and with 187 fresh cases, the total number of infected cases rose from 1584 to 1761 in the state
As has generally been the case, Mumbai accounted for a maximum of 12 deaths, while there two deaths in Pune and one death each in Satara, Dhule and Malegaon.
Of the 17deaths reported on Saturday, 11 were men and 6 women. Six of them aged over 60 years, while 8 patients were from the age group 40 to 60 years and 3 were less than 40 years old.
Sixteen out of these 17 patients (94%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma and heart disease.
Following the fresh deaths, the death toll in the state due to Covid-19 has risen to 127.
There has not been any respite from either the continued increase or substantial cases in a day. As many as 187 more persons tested positive for the Coronavirus taking the total number of infected climbed to 1761.
Of the total infected cases, Mumbai accounted 136 fresh cases. With the fresh cases, the total number of positive cases in Mumbai has risen from 1008 to 1146.
Meanwhile, a medical bulletin put out by the State health department said: “Of the 36,771 laboratory samples, 34,094 were negative and 1761 have been tested positive for coronavirus until today. As many as 208patients have been discharged till date after full recovery”
“Similarly, 38,800 people are in home quarantine and 4964 people are in institutional quarantine. As per the guidelines of the Government of India, cluster containment action plan is being implemented in places where clusters of patients have been found in the state,” the bulletin said.
“There are total 4641 surveillance squads deployed across the state and surveillance of over 17lakh population has been done,” the bulletin said.
A three-member Rapid Response Team under the leadership of Dr. P K Sen (Additional Director General, Government of India) is currently in Pune to review the prevention and control measures of Covid-19. The team visited BJ Medical College, Naidu Hospital, District Hopital Aundh and YCM Hospital Pimpri-Chinchwad over the last two days.
Dr. Dilip Mhaisekar, Pune Divisional Commissioner held a discussion with this team on Saturday.
In a major revelation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in its medical bulletin on Saturday that of the total cases in Mumbai, 75 cases had the history of travelling to Coronavirus-affected countries and “as the available information, 531 cases have been detected as a result of contact tracing, containment measure, fever clinics etc”.
In a related development, the BMC has – as per the guidelines of the Government of India -- identified 186 “cororna care centres” for quarantine of two levels of patients – high-risk contacts from congested areas and suspect Covid-19 patients awaiting lab reports and positive asymptomatic.
“Eleven isolation facilities termed as Dedicated Corona Health Centres for mild or moderate symptomatic Covid-19 positive patients are functional. Similarly 26 Dedicated Corona health Centres are functional for critical or morbid patients,” a daily medical bulletin put out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
“We have screened 2248 people during the fever clinics we held from April 5 to 10. During this period, we have collected 861 swab samples from these suspected cases,” the BMC bulletin said.
Meanwhile, the BMC converted Acworth Municipal Hospital at Wadala in north-central Mumbai into a well equipped 30 bed Covid-19 and quaratine hospital.