COVID-19 claims its youngest patient yet

13-month-old girl succumbs; 5 more fresh deaths in Pune, twin towns

In the youngest fatality to COVID-19 in Pune district till date, a 13-month-old old baby girl passed away on Sunday, along with five more fresh deaths in Pune city and Pimpri-Chinchwad. This takes the district’s total death toll to 156. Meanwhile, 125 new coronavirus-positive cases were reported in the district on Sunday, taking the total tally to 2,857. A total of 1,278 new cases were identified in the state on Sunday, taking the Maharashtra tally to 22,171.

Some 228 citizens recovered and were discharged from hospitals in Pune (194) and Pimpri-Chinchwad (34) in a day. Till date, 1,020 people have been discharged under Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

On Sunday, of the six deceased, five were reported in Pune city — including a male patient at Sassoon General Hospitals, who was a prisoner from Yerawada jail and originally a resident of Solapur district; the sixth death was under Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).



The toddler who succumbed to the infection hailed from Warje and was hospitalised at Sassoon on May 4; she also had a pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to acute respiratory distress syndrome with pneumonitis, megaloblastic anaemia, sepsis and severe acute malnutrition. Another deceased was a 70-year-old woman, a Tadiwala Road resident at the district hospital in Aundh. She was hospitalised on April 26 and passed away late in the night of May 9. She had type 1respiratory failure, pneumonia and hypothyroidism, besides COVID-19. The third death was of a 37-year-old male resident of Ganj Peth, admitted on May 7 to Sassoon and had acute respiratory failure, pneumonitis with urosepsis, myocarditis and hyperglycaemia. A 53-year-old man from Kondhwa passed away after he was admitted on May 8 at Kashibai Navale hospital, and had pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and epilepsy besides COVID-19. The prisoner at Sassoon was admitted on May 7 and died of acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19. He was a resident of Akkalkot in Solapur.


The death under PCMC took the total toll in the twin towns to four. Four new cases were also identified in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Sunday; 104 people tested positive under PMC limits, four in rural Pune and 13 in cantonment areas.

Given the unabated rise in cases, as per new orders by PMC commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad on Sunday, all shops in containment zones will be closed to prevent spread of infection between May 11 and 17, except for pharmacies. Essentials as and when required are to be provided by PMC.

NEW CONTAINMENT ZONES

After a positive case was found at Jejuri, the authorities have declared it as a containment zone and will follow stricter measures there. Meanwhile considering, containment zones in rural areas like Velha will also continue to be in place despite the mandated period getting over.

Also, after a new suspected case was found at Hinjawadi, the authorities are mulling rolling back relaxations from this area. Earlier, being an IT park, it was acontainment zone. However, as relaxations were being ordered, IT companies restarted work for employees with physical distancing norms. But now, after Saturday, this may be reconsidered and the area is likely to be declared a red zone again.



HOTELS FOR PEOPLE RETURNING FROM ABROAD

PMC has started taking possession of hotels for students returning from various countries. While these citizens are being brought back to Pune, they will have to remain under institutional quarantine for 14 days and will be allowed to go back home only after completing this period. PMC has taken possession of several such facilities in the city. Hotel rooms ranging from Rs 1,000-5,000 a day are being provided and people can choose them as per affordability.

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Pune district 2,857
State 22,171
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