COVID-19: Maharashtra toll touches 12; Puducherry records two cases

Two more COVID-19 patients died in Maharashtra, taking the state toll to 12, health officials said on Wednesday (April 1).

One was a 75-year-old man from Mumbai, while the other, a 50-year-old man, died in adjoining Palghar district, the officials said.

“The 75-year-old male patient died here on Tuesday. We are finding details of his travel history and also checking if someone close to him had a travel history,” an official said.

The Palghar man had no travel history, he said. This is the first death reported from Palghar, a predominantly tribal district.

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Maharashtra has now recorded 320 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths. Thirty nine coronavirus positive patients have been discharged after recovery.

Eighteen more people had tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 320, a health official said on Wednesday.

“Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally till Tuesday night was 302. Today, we got reports of 18 more people testing positive for the viral infection. This has taken the state tally to 320,” the official said. Of the 18 new cases, 16 have been reported from Mumbai and two from Pune, he said.

Puducherry

Meanwhile, two persons, who had attended a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday (April 1), a senior official said.

Director of Health and Family Welfare Mohan Kumar said the two had returned from Delhi after attending the congregation and were admitted to the State Government hospital here.

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The test of their samples conducted in the centrally administered JIPMER here found that they were infected with the virus. A source said the two persons belong to Ariyankuppam village near here.

The Tabligh-e-Jamaats Markaz in Delhi’s Nizamuddin West has emerged as a hotspot for coronavirus as 24 people have tested positive for COVID-19 following which a major area has been sealed and an FIR lodged against its cleric for violating government orders.

(With inputs from agencies)