AURANGABAD: The number of Covid-19 cases went up by 81 on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,150.
So far, as many as 1,283 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospital. As many as three deaths were also reported on Tuesday that took the death toll to 116.
Out of the 116 deaths, 88 have occured at GMCH, while 27 have been reported at private hospitals and one at district civil hospital.
The cases were detected on Tuesday from different areas of
Aurangabad city
, Waluj,
Pandharpur
, Bajajnagar and Wadgaon Kolhati. According to GMCH media coordinator Arvind Gaikwad, an 80-year-old from Jinsi area died due to Covid-19 at GMCH at 10.30 am on Tuesday.
A 67-year-old man from Mujeeb Colony and 73-year-old man from Garkheda were the other two casualties.
GMCH dean Kanan Yelikar said that of the 192 patients admitted at the hospital, 91 are in critical condition as on Tuesday evening. She also stated that a 30-year-old pregnant woman, a resident of Bhawani Nagar, was admitted to GMCH on June 8.
“She was critical at the time of admission. The woman lost her baby in the womb. With the help of a C-section, the foetus and blood clot from her ovary was removed. Later, after she was tested positive for coronavirus, we moved her to the medical intensive care unit where she is undergoing treatment,” Yelikar said.
The district administration stated that Aurangabad has so far tested 13,735 people for Covid-19 until Monday. Of these as many as 8,592 people were identified as high risk contacts.
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