Pune: Covid-19 infections in children witness slight rise in July first week

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Children accounted for 9.77 per cent of the overall Covid-19 positivity rate between March 1 and June 30 Pune is witnessing a slight rise in number of Covid-19 infections among children in the first week of July sending warning bells about the Covid 3rd wave. The city in Maharashtra is also experiencing a slight rise … Read more

Covid-19: Pune aims to vaccinate one lakh a day

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The number of vaccination centres have been double to 600. Battling a continuous surge in Covid-19 positive cases over the last one month and crossing 12,500 daily new cases with 64 deaths on Monday, Pune district has set the target of reaching one lakh vaccinations a day. Pune’s total positive cases reached 5,74,829 cases with … Read more

Covid-19 second wave: Pune authorities struggle to manage more hospital beds as new cases rise by 6000

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Pune records more than 6,000 cases for two consecutive days. (IE Image) After becoming the worst-hit district in Maharashtra by Covid-19 second wave, Pune has witnessed 6,000 fresh cases for the second consecutive day on March 25, Thursday making authorities rush to ramp up health infrastructure. Pune as a district now has 50,000 active cases. … Read more

Pune witnesses 10-fold jump in new Covid-19 case, authorities jostle to curb spread with fewer restrictions

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Pune witnessed more than 1000 cases on March 9 The Covid-19 cases have jumped exponentially in Pune. The situation has alarmed Pune Municipal Corporation as the positivity rate shot from 100 patients in a day, a month back to more than 1,000 newly infected cases now. On Tuesday the city reported 1, 086 new cases. … Read more

Maharashtra Covid update: Pune sees positive trend on Coronavirus doubling, recovery, mortality, positivity rates

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Maharashtra Pune Covid update: If we go into the micro-level, the doubling rate of Covid infection was the highest in the Dhole-Patil Road ward office area and the lowest in Nagar Road-Vadgaonsheri area. (IE image) Maharashtra Pune Covid update: In a piece of good news for residents and administration of Pune, the city is witnessing … Read more

Pune vaccination drive: Municipality doubles the target to vaccinate beneficiaries

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The PMC had earlier shortlisted 16 hospitals in the city that will serve people as vaccination centres. In a recent decision made by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the municipality has ramped up all its efforts to increase the vaccination target set for one day. A report by The IE noted that PMC has doubled … Read more

Covid-19 in India: Big positive trends in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune; Kerala causes worry

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India has reported 20,346 Coronavirus cases and 222 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours. (Reuters image) Covid-19 cases in India: As India’s daily Covid-19 cases count hovers around 20,000, people in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Pune breathed a sigh of relief because these cities have been reporting significantly less number of Coronavirus cases … Read more

Pune Covid situation latest: Pune Municipal Corporation banks on private agency for hospital bed management

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Pune Covid Coronavirus latest: The assistant medical officer in PMC Manisha Naik said that the Civic body was operating hospital bed management with the help of the CSR of the private sector. Coronavirus Covid in Pune latest: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will now be taking paid services of an agency to ensure proper bed management … Read more

COVID-19: Pune’s AFMC develops ‘Raksha Kawach’- a patient isolation device; how this helps

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The canopy is lightweight and can be installed easily. Image: IE Pune AFMC’s Raksha Kawach launched! As the Coronavirus cases increase in Pune, the risk for COVID-19 transmission in the city’s healthcare workers has also increased. While all healthcare workers (HCWs) have been careful and using proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when they are on … Read more