34 new cases in Pune, most close contacts of patients

Umesh Isalkar | TNN | Updated: Apr 7, 2020, 06:53 IST

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PUNE: Thirty-four fresh cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Monday, most of which are the family members or close contacts of people found infected earlier.
Some of them are low-income group residents of the Peth areas while others are slum dwellers. Currently, condition of four infected patients undergoing treatment at different hospitals is critical.
“We are observing a pattern in positive cases these days. Most of them are family members or close contacts of positive patients, which is a good sign as we can now trace the source of infection. Again, most of them are people from low-income category or slum dwellers and that is a concern,” said a civic health official.
The 34 infected individuals are mainly the residents of Laxminagar slum (Yerawada), Natawadi slum (Shivajinagar), Budhwar Peth, Ghorpadigaon, Guruwar Peth and Kondhwa. “Almost all of them are people from the lower socio-economic strata,” another health official said. Of the 34 people, seven are admitted at Sassoon General Hospital for treatment.
With teh fresh cases, the total number of positive cases in PMC limits has surged to 96, out of which 15 have recovered and discharged. A total of 21 people have tested positive in PCMC limits and 24 patients are undergoing treatment at the Sasooon General Hospital.
The 42 quarantined surgeons and resident doctors of a hospital tested negative for Covid-19 infection on Monday. The test reports of hospital’s 52 quarantined paramedics are awaited.
A total 94 healthcare staffers of the hospital were quarantined after a trauma-patient they performed an emergency surgery on turned positive for Covid-19 on Saturday night. “Our 42 residents doctors and surgeons have tested negative after their throat swab samples were analysed at the NIV. The reports of our paramedic staffers are awaited,” the hospital’s dean said.
The patient, an autorickshaw driver from Khadki, was he was rushed to hospital on March 31 after he met with an accident. Doctors performed an emergency surgery on him. He later developed fever and tested positive for the contagion.
There was no increase in number of Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day on Monday. “The total number of positive patients found in PCMC limits remains 21,” Shravan Hardikar, PCMC commissioner, said, adding that 12 patients had been discharged after recovery.
Field surveillance teams have completed survey of 2.45 lakh homes in PCMC limits so far. Swabs of 529 persons were collected and sent for analysis to NIV so far. Out of these, negative reports of 445 persons have been received. Reports of 64 persons are still awaited. Till now, 1,795 persons have been home-quarantined in the municipal limits.