Covid-19: Pune to run out of ICU beds, ventilators sooner

Covid-19: Pune to run out of ICU beds, ventilators sooner

To deal with the rise in patients requiring hospitalisation, the state government has asked private hospitals to set aside 80% of their beds for Covid patients. Healthcare providers and organisations working on containing the spread of Covid-19 warned that Pune could soon run out of ventilators and ICU beds. Pune district reported 8,200 new positive … Read more

Coronavirus in Pune: PMC extends Covid-19 restrictions till December end with no major changes

Coronavirus in Pune: PMC extends Covid-19 restrictions till December end with no major changes

The PMC has also warned the residents that a second wave of Coronavirus might arrive in the city in the winters. The Municipal Corporation of Pune has extended the lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic in the Pune city till the end of the year. However, the Corporation refrained from giving any relaxations on various … Read more

Coronavirus: How Pune became the city with highest number of COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus: How Pune became the city with highest number of COVID-19 cases

A civic officer overseeing the efforts against Covid-19 told The Indian Express that the scaled-up testing has led to a spurt in the confirmed Coronavirus cases. The total number of Coronavirus cases in Pune has crossed the 2-lakh mark, taking the city’s tally not only above that of Delhi (1.93 lakh) and Mumbai (1.57 lakh) … Read more