Coronavirus in Mumbai: 26 dead in State so far, 67 new cases on Friday

Coronavirus in Mumbai: 26 dead in State so far, 67 new cases on Friday

“The new patients who tested positive for corona did not have any travel history. All of them are close contacts of infected corona patients,” said a health official.

Swapnil MishraUpdated: Saturday, April 04, 2020, 04:38 AM IST
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Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded five morecoronadeathsinthelast24 hours, with the death toll now at 26 in the state. Sixty-seven new cases of coronavirus were reported in the state on Friday, taking the total number to 490 . Of the five deaths in the state, two were in Mumbai and one each in Badlapur, Vasai-Virar and Jalgaon.

According to the state health department,43of the88newcases are in Mumbai, 10 from Navi Mumbai, nine from Pune, three from Ahmednagar and one each from Ratnagiri and Washim. So far, 50 people have fully recovered after treatment. “None of the deceased had any history of international travel. All were contact-traced and tested positive for corona.

All these patient serials so suffering from comorbidities,” said an official. Currently, 333 positive corona casesand22deathshavebeenreported from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR),of which 278 are from Mumbai and 55 from Navi Mumbai.

“The new patients who tested positive for corona did not have any travel history. All of them are close contacts of infected corona patients,” said a health official.

So far, 595 patients have been hospitalised across the state. Of the 12,858 laboratory samples, 11,968 tested negative and 490positive for coronavirus until Friday, while 38,398 people are in home quarantine and 3,072 people are in institutional quarantine.

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