33 new COVID-19 patients in Mah, count 335; death toll 16
   Date :02-Apr-2020
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MUMBAI :
 
THE number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased by 33 to 335 on Wednesday while six patients died, taking the death toll to 16, health officials said. Thirty of the new cases were found in Mumbai alone, two in Pune and one in Buldhana, said an official. The State had reported 302 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Health Minister Rajesh Tope had said earlier in the day that the number of cases would increase further because there were around 5,000 persons in “high-risk” category.
 
Relatives or close friends of these people had tested positive for COVID-19 (making it likely that they might have caught the infection too), he said Six coronavirus patients -- three men and as many women -- died during the day, five of them in Mumbai, taking the death toll to 16. The figures of coronavirus cases from other districts are as follows: Sangli (25), Thane (36), Nagpur (16), Ahmednagar (8), Yavatmal and Buldhana (four each), Satara and Kolhapur (two each) and Aurangabad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Gondia, Jalgaon and Nashik (one each). As many as 705 persons are hosptalised. Of the 7,126 samples sent for testing, 6,456 tested negative while 335 tested positive.
 
In other cases results were awaited. Forty-one coronavirus patients have been discharged after recovery. Cop tests coronavirus+ve; kin, 32 policemen quarantined: AFTER a constable posted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus police station here tested positive for coronavirus, his family members and 32 police personnel who came in contact with him have been asked to remain in home quarantine, an official said on Wednesday. This is the first case in Maharashtra of a police personnel contracting the viral infection, he said. The constable is being treated at the Kasturba Hospital, the official said, adding that samples of four police personnel who worked with him have been sent for test.
 
PM discusses coronavirus situation with Mah CM: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday discussed the coronavirus situation in Maharashtra -- which has the highest number of cases in the country -- with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on phone. State officials said the Prime Minister urged Thackerayto step up “tracing, testing and treatment” of the persons who arrived in Mumbai and rest of the State after attending Tablighi Jamaat meet in New Delhi last month.