Maha: 90-yr-old woman recovers from COVID-19, discharged

A 90-year-old woman was discharged from the civil hospitalhere in Maharashtra on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19, the districtadministration said.

Besides, a seven-month-old boy tested positive forcoronavirus in Mira-Bhayander township of Thane district.

   

The district on Tuesday reported 121 new COVID-19 cases,taking its tally to 1,399, an official release said.

These include 452 cases from Thane municipal limits, 395from Navi Mumbai, 224 from Kalyan-Dombivali, 189 from Mira Bhayander, 50 fromThane rural, 42 from Badlapur, 20 from Bhiwandi-Nizampur, 16 from Ulhasnagarand 11 from Ambernath municipal limits.

So far, the district has recorded 38 deaths due to thedisease, the release said.

It also said that 11 coronavirus positive cases reportedfrom Kalyan-Dombivali on Tuesday included five policemen, it said.

Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Commissioner Vijay Suryavanshi onTuesday said residents of the area working in Mumbai will not be allowed toleave or enter Kalyan from May 8 in view of the rising number of COVID-19cases.

BJP MP from Bhiwandi, Kapil Patil, urged Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray that those from the powerloom town working in the essentialservices in Mumbai be accommodated near their workplace.

In the Mira Bhayander township, the local civic body hadearlier only allowed milk and medicine shops to open. But, in an amended orderissued on Tuesday, it allowed photocopy outlets to also open in order tofacilitate migrant labourers to compile their documents for obtainingpermission to travel to their native places.

Besides, an official release said the CIDCO exhibitioncentre in Navi Mumbai has been taken over the by local civic body to convert itinto a COVID-19 treatment facility and accommodate 1,200 patients.

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