Aurangabad sees more cases, recoveries too

AURANGABAD: A total of 65 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Aurangabad district on Thursday, taking the number of patients to 1,769, even as 1,126 have recovered so far. Four more deaths were reported due to the contagion across the district on Wednesday and Thursday, taking the total death count to 92.
A 43-year-old Covid-positive man died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital at 6pm on Wednesday while an 85-year-old man died at the GMCH, here, at 6.30pm the same day.
A 64-year-old man from Kaiser Colony died at the GMCH at 11.15 pm on Wednesday and a 50-year-old woman died at the same hospital at 8.30 am on Thursday. Shivaji Sukre, in-charge dean of GMCH, said that as on Thursday evening, 112 Covid-19 patients under treatment at the hospital were in critical condition.
According to Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) administrator Astik Kumar Pandey, delay in going to hospital, old age and co-morbidities like diabetes, hypertension and obesity have primarily been the reasons for Covid-19 deaths in Aurangabad. Subsequently, the AMC is forming 1500 force to conduct door to door screening of people above 55 years with tye help of thermal gun and blood oxymeter.