Coronavirus: Pune registers 42 new cases, 326 cases
Pune/UNI: With 42 new cases reported in Pune, the total number of Coronavirus positive cases has reached 326, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
According to district health officer (DHO) Bhagwan Pawar, 32 people have lost their lives to the infection whereas 39 have been cured till now.
He said out of 326, 274 patients were from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) areas, while 34 were from Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) jurisdiction, 11 were from Pune rural (six in Baramati, two in Haveli, one each from Junnar, Shirur and Mulshi), six were from Pune cantonment board (PCB) area, while one is from Khadki cantonment board (KCB) limit.
The patient from Khadki was undergoing treatment at PCMC run YCM hospital in Pimpri.
12 people have been cured in PCMC and 27 from PMC have been cured, he added.
As the number of Coronavirus positive cases was rising day by day in Pune, PMC has declared a health emergency and sealed some parts of Kondhwa and all Peth areas from Mahrishinagar to RTO in the first phase.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to seal 22 more areas in the second phase, where COVID-19 patients have been found.
PMC Municipal Corporation Shekhar Gaikwad issued an order to seal 20 more areas of city.
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