Marine Drive cop is 50th in Maharashtra to die of Covid-19

MUMBAI: A 55-year-old assistant sub-inspector attached to Marine Drive station is the 50th policeman in Maharashtra to die of Covid-19. With his death the number of city personnel dead has gone up to 34. He had no previous ailment and was being treatment for coronavirus at Bandra’s Guru Nanak hospital for 10 days.
“He was healthy and had been at the station for a year. He stayed with his family at Naigaum quarters,” said senior inspector Mrutunjay Hiremath. He had breathing problems few days back and was put on a ventilator, said an officer. He was at home as the city police chief had in April exempted personnel aged above 55 from office duty.
Two personnel from protection and security branch and State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) died on Sunday without comorbidities. A total of 750 personnel in Mumbai are being treated and 1,715 have recovered till June 21; 1,016 are being treatment in Maharashtra, of which 73% are from Mumbai.
Eight hundred Mumbai personnel have resumed duty till Sunday after recovery; 1,715 have recovered so far, while 448 are being treated at Covid care centres, 228 are in hospital, 38 home quarantined, 236 are at home after discharge and 679 have recovered but have not resumed work.