Coronavirus: 3 more test COVID-19 +ve in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad
Three people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Maharashtra - one each from Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune & Mumbai, taking the number of such cases in the state to 52, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Tope said these new cases were detected in Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri- Chinchwad. Till Thursday night, 49 positive cases of COVID-19 had been found in the state, including a 64-year person, who died in Mumbai earlier this week.
Till Thursday night, 49 cases of COVID-19 had been found in the state, including a 64-year person, who died in Mumbai earlier this week. Tope said that five persons, who had earlier tested positive but were found negative after the treatment, are being discharged on Friday.
"This means that the patients are doing well and recovering," he said. The minister told reporters that the state government will bear the cost of Covid-19 patients under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Aroygya Yojana.
Tope also appealed to the people of the state to give 100 per cent response to the 'Janata Curfew' on Sunday by staying indoors as urged by Prime minister Narendra Modi. Six sample testing centres are currently operating in the state and their number will be increased to 12 in the coming days, he said.
"To defeat the virus, people should avoid visiting crowded places," he said.
The positive cases of novel coronavirus are increasing in India rapidly with the count crossing 200 now. So far India has also reported five deaths due to Covid-19.
The fifth death case was reported from Rajasthan, where a 69-year-old Italian citizen died while undergoing treatment at the Fortis Hospital in Jaipur. He had apparently previously 'recovered' from the disease but died later.
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