2 dead, 47 new patients found in Chanda

Chandrapur: District registered two deaths raising the toll to 17, and the spike of 47 cases took the Covid-19 total to 1495 on Monday. The day also witnessed the discharge of 45 patients during the day helping the number of cured patients to climb up to 998. This has left 481 active cases under treatment in the district.
Health authorities informed that a 53-year-old Covid patient from WCL colony in Bhadrawati died on Sunday evening. He was admitted to Covid Hospital here on Sunday afternoon and he succumbed to the coronaviurs infection the same evening. One other 65-year-old patient from Jatpura locality of city also died of Covid-19 on Monday. Both the deceased were also suffering from pneumonia.This is first time when more than one death has been registered in district during the day.
Majority of newfound patients during the day came from Chandrapur. They include 29 from Chandrapur city, eight from Mul, five from Bhadrawati, three from Gondpipri and two from Bramhapuri tehsils.