People queue up to get Covid tests done, in Pune on Thursday. (Express Photo: Pavan Khengre)Pune Live News: Pune on Friday recorded 4,415 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 15 percent, taking the district’s tally to 11,79,328, according to news agency PTI.
The city’s hospitals are bracing for an eventual surge in admissions. As cases have risen rapidly in the last one week, hospitals have already begun to see an uptick in admissions. The daily count of cases has seen a six-fold jump in the last one week, from 477 on December 30 to 2,813 on Wednesday. There are 8,201 active cases in the city right now, of which 818 are in various hospitals. On December 30, there were 588 Covid patients in the hospitals.
Local authorities have begun making preparations to re-open the jumbo hospital that had proved to be extremely useful during the first two waves of the pandemic. Pune Municipal Corporation officials said only a part of the 800-bed jumbo hospital was planned to be made operational right now because currently, the demand is not very high.
Clear sky conditions will prevail over Pune city on Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 19 degrees Celsius. The air quality index value is forecast to be 152, which is considered ‘moderate’.
A Covid-19 vaccination drive underway at a hospital in Pune. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon)
Pune on Friday recorded 4,415 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate, or infections detected per 100 tests, of 15 per cent, taking the district's tally to 11,79,328, an official said.
He said 2,757 cases were reported in Pune city, 1,000 in Pimpri Chinchwad and 658 in rural and cantonment limits.
As on Friday, the district has 15,376 active cases, with 1,087 patients admitted in hospitals, the official informed. (PTI)
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil will hold a Facebook live session with citizens on Covid-19, its variant Omicron and vaccination, at 5 pm today.
Even as schools and colleges have been ordered to remain shut for offline lectures for Class 1 to 8 amid rising number of Covid-19 cases, parents and students of Class 10 and 12 worry about fate of final board examinations which are scheduled in March-April 2022. However, even as speculations are being made that state board exams will be held online, officials at the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary confirmed there is no such plan. Read More
As Pune continues to witness a surge in Covid cases, the Aundh-Baner ward area has emerged as a hotspot followed by Nagar Road-Vadgaonsheri and Hadapsar-Mundhwa wards. Aundh-Baner has so far reported one-sixth of the fresh Covid-19 cases in 15 wards. In the last three days, as many as 781 of the 5,139 fresh cases in the city were reported in the area.
On Thursday, Aundh-Baner area saw 332 new patients even as the city recorded 2,284 fresh infections. Nagar Road-Vadgaonsheri had 272 patients while Hadapsar-Mundhwa and Kothrud-Bavdhan areas had 239 new patients each on the day. Bhavani Peth and Kasba-Vishrambaug Wada wards – which were the worst-hit in the first Covid wave – reported the lowest cases at 49 and 59, respectively. Read More
Pune-based Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP), the country’s oldest group of amateur astronomers, is organising a three-day exhibition from January 7 to January 9.
A number of exhibit models will display asteroids, comets and meteors along with information on some of the ongoing and newer scientific and astronomical missions of India. In view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, JVP has urged all students and visitors to pre register in order to visit the exhibition. Read More
Overcast conditions are likely to prevail over Pune city on Friday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 29 degree Celsius. The minimum temperatures recorded on Friday were 14.6 degree Celsius at Shivajinagar, 15.2 degree Celsius at Pashan, and 15.4 degree Celsius at Lohegaon.
The air quality index would be around 149, which is in the 'moderate' zone. (ENS)
India reported 1,17,100 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, nearly 8 days after the country crossed the 10,000-mark, as the virus continued to spread at an unprecendented pace, largely driven by the Omicron variant, which is now present in 26 states. As many as 302 deaths were reported in the 24-hour period. This is the first time in seven months that daily cases crossed the one-lakh mark in the country. On June 6, 2021, India had reported 1,14,460 new cases. The 28 per cent jump in new cases reported today has pushed the country's total caseload to 3.52 crore. Follow Live Updates
Amidst rapid rise of coronavirus cases in Pune, and a consequent increase in hospital admissions, local authorities have begun making preparations to re-open the jumbo hospital that had proved to be extremely useful during the first two waves of the pandemic.
Pune Municipal Corporation officials said only a part of the 800-bed jumbo hospital was planned to be made operational right now because the demand is not very huge right now. “PMC is prepared to restart the jumbo hospital facility. It will reopen soon with 200 beds of the total 800 beds being made operational. The number of beds will be increased as per the requirement later,” said Sanjeev Wavare, assistant health officer, PMC. Read More
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appointed a consultant to study the environmental impact of the proposed tunnel from Pashan to Panchvati in the city.
“The civic administration’s proposal to appoint a consultant for pre-feasibility study, techno economy report and environment impact assessment for the proposed tunnel from Pashan to Panchvati has been approved,” said Hemant Rasane, chairperson of standing committee.
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Three people were killed and two injured when a container truck collided with their car on Mumbai-Agra Highway in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Thursday. The accident took place near Mundhegaon on the highway in Igatpuri taluka of the district on Wednesday evening, an official said. (PTI)
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar on Thursday said she has tested positive for coronavirus.
"Today my #Covid-19 test report has come out positive and I have quarantined myself at home. All those who came in contact with me in the last few days are requested to get their #Covid test done and follow the rules for prevention of coronavirus," the minister tweeted. Pawar is the Lok Sabha member from Dindori in Nashik district of Maharashtra. (PTI)
The police, on Wednesday, arrested three people, including a retired Indian Army soldier and the owner of a coaching institute, for allegedly duping young people on the pretext of giving them jobs at Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
A First Information Report in this regard was registered on Wednesday at Sangvi police station under Pimpri Chinchwad jurisdiction. Subsequently, the police arrested the three — Satish Kundalik Dahane, a retired soldier who now runs a shop inside a military formation in Aundh, Shriram Kadam, a retired employee of General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) who allegedly poses as a retired Army captain and runs a recruitment coaching class in Pune, and Akshay Wankhede, who used to get aspiring candidates. Read more.
The Indian Medical Association has announced a Covid task force that includes former ICMR epidemiologist Dr R R Gangakhedkar, Dr Rahul Pandit, Dr Shashank Joshi and others.
The IMA task force will ensure and roll out Covid-19 management protocols soon, Dr Suhas Pingale, President, IMA Maharashtra, said. IMA Maharashtra has 225 branches. Read more.
With coronavirus cases in Pune district shooting up to 2,800 on Wednesday, city hospitals are bracing for an eventual surge in admissions. As cases have risen rapidly in the last one week, hospitals have already begun to see an uptick in admissions.
The daily count of cases has seen a six-fold jump in the last one week, from 477 on December 30 to 2,813 on Wednesday. There are 8,201 active cases in the city right now, of which 818 are in various hospitals. On December 30, there were 588 Covid patients in the hospitals.
Doctors said most of the people in hospitals right now were those over 60 who had co-morbidities. Very few of the patients had developed any serious illness. But if the cases continue to rise very rapidly, as is happening in Mumbai, there could still be a rush for hospital beds. Read more.
Grape growers in Maharashtra have taken an united stand against alleged slashing of prices by traders. The Maharashtra Rajya Draksha Bagayitdar Sangh — the apex body of grape growers in the state — has decided not to sell export-quality grapes below the price of Rs 82/kg this month.
Vilas Shinde, CMD of Nashik-based Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company — the largest exporter of grapes in the country — said the decision was taken so that growers can avoid incurring losses.
Table grapes form an important component in India’s export basket, with growers from Maharashtra the largest contributor to the basket. Nashik, Pune, Ahmednagar, Sangli and some parts of Marathwada are the main growing centres for the fruit. While exports start from January, the pace picks up only around February. Read more.