Maharashtra Covid-19 count 156, army sounded for ‘medical help’
Mumbai: In the highest incidence of COVID-19 positive cases in the country so far, Maharashtra’s count shot up by 31 in the past 24 hours to stand at 156 now, even as a worried government wrote to the army to be prepared for ‘medical assistance’ if required, officials said here on Friday.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar announced that the government has written to the army to render assistance for any medical emergency, if required.
In one of the fastest overnight increase in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in the state, the figures mounted from 125 to 156, including 12 members of a single family in Sangli, besides new cases in Mumbai, Pune, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Gondia, etc.
In Mumbai, nine persons, including three women, tested positive including. A woman who had a travel history to the US reportedly infected three others. All the four, including a male, are admitted to Bhabha Hospital in Kurla suburb.
The other five males include one with travel history to the US, three to the UAE and one close contact, taking the total new cases to nine.
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