13-yr-old girl discharged from hospital after 28 days, two children cured too

Pimpri Chinchwad: A 13-year-old Covid-19 patient was discharged from the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital in Pimpri on Friday, 28 days after she was admitted to the health hub.
“The girl was asymptomatic and admitted to the hospital on April 12. Her first swab sample was sent to the National Institute of Virology for analysis 14 days after she was hospitalised.She was discharged from hospital after her ninth and 10th swab samples tested negative. She was the only Covid-19 patient who was in the hospital for such a long time,” said Santosh Patil, additional commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).
Altogether 15 patients were discharged from the hospital on Friday, the highest in a day so far. Among them were two three-year-old girls,” said Rajendra Wabale, dean, postgraduate institute at the YCM hospital. tnn