PUNE: Three more critically-ill patients diagnosed with the Covid-19 infection succumbed to associated complications at various hospitals in the city on Saturday, taking the contagion casualty count in Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) to 51 so far.
The deceased, who were the residents of Ganj Peth, Kondhwa and main city areas, had some or the other underlying medical condition. Of the total casualties recorded in the PMR so far, 42 took placed at Sassoon hospital alone. The remaining occurred at Poona hospital and KEM hospital, district health officials said.
Besides, 47 fresh cases of the infection were registered on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 612 in PMR. Of them, maximum cases were recorded in the limits of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) (see box). A total of seven new positive cases were found in PCMC limits on Saturday, taking the case count in the area to 61 so far. The area has recorded one death so far.
Most of the cases in the PMC limits are from central Peth areas, Kondhwa, Guruwar Peth, Tadiwala Road, Somwar Peth, Kasba Peth, Wanowrie, Kondhwa and various slums.
According to Sassoon hospital authorities, a 75-year-old man from Ganj Peth was admitted in the hospital on April 11. “He was suffering from pulmonary TB. He died in the wee hours of Saturday. He had lower respiratory tract infection,” a doctor from the hospital said.
Ramchandra Hankare, PMC’s chief medical officer, said a 58-year-old man succumbed to the contagion late on Friday night at Poona hospital. He had viral pneumonia and dengue. “Another 62-year-old person from Kondhwa had passed away on Thursday. This person’s report tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. He died of acute respiratory failure,” Hankare said.
Most of those who died at these hospitals were rushed to the hospital when their condition worsened, Pune Collector Naval Kishore Ram said. Many of these victims had delayed in seeking medical care despite having symptoms during the initial phase of illness, he added.
According to Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar , a total of 8,188 samples were sent for testing in the division, of which reports of 7,600 were received.
He said over 39,33,496 houses had been surveyed covering a population 1.47 crore so far.
The deceased, who were the residents of Ganj Peth, Kondhwa and main city areas, had some or the other underlying medical condition. Of the total casualties recorded in the PMR so far, 42 took placed at Sassoon hospital alone. The remaining occurred at Poona hospital and KEM hospital, district health officials said.
Besides, 47 fresh cases of the infection were registered on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 612 in PMR. Of them, maximum cases were recorded in the limits of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) (see box). A total of seven new positive cases were found in PCMC limits on Saturday, taking the case count in the area to 61 so far. The area has recorded one death so far.
Most of the cases in the PMC limits are from central Peth areas, Kondhwa, Guruwar Peth, Tadiwala Road, Somwar Peth, Kasba Peth, Wanowrie, Kondhwa and various slums.
According to Sassoon hospital authorities, a 75-year-old man from Ganj Peth was admitted in the hospital on April 11. “He was suffering from pulmonary TB. He died in the wee hours of Saturday. He had lower respiratory tract infection,” a doctor from the hospital said.
Ramchandra Hankare, PMC’s chief medical officer, said a 58-year-old man succumbed to the contagion late on Friday night at Poona hospital. He had viral pneumonia and dengue. “Another 62-year-old person from Kondhwa had passed away on Thursday. This person’s report tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. He died of acute respiratory failure,” Hankare said.
Most of those who died at these hospitals were rushed to the hospital when their condition worsened, Pune Collector Naval Kishore Ram said. Many of these victims had delayed in seeking medical care despite having symptoms during the initial phase of illness, he added.
According to Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar , a total of 8,188 samples were sent for testing in the division, of which reports of 7,600 were received.
He said over 39,33,496 houses had been surveyed covering a population 1.47 crore so far.
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