City reports one more Covid-linked death but cases on decline
Mumbai: On Monday, the city reported one more death linked to Covid-19, taking the total number of deceased here since May to six. The deceased was a 44-year-old woman with chronic liver cirrhosis.
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Just a day earlier, there was another death in the state in a patient with liver cirrhosis and Covid-19 in Wardha. The total Covid-linked deaths in the state now stand at 29.
Health officials said since the surge began in May, only those with severe comorbidities succumbed, which is too few when compared to the large population of the state.
The state recorded 34 new cases on Monday, of which 12 were in Mumbai. This is a sizable decrease as the city was recording more than 20 to 30 cases every day this month.
Other cases were reported from Pune Municipal Corporation (7), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (7), Navi Mumbai (1), Thane (1), Pimpri-Chinchwad (1), Satara (1), Sangli Municipal Corporation (1), Amravati (1), Amravati Municipal Corporation (1), and Nagpur (1).
Health officials said all diagnosed patients had mild symptoms. Prior to the recent cases, there was a 35-year-old heart patient who died at a private hospital in the city on June 13.
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