Thane records 3 Covid deaths; cases double in a week

Three Covid patients died and 60 new cases were reported in Thane on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 671. This is the second highest single-day spike

Three Covid patients died and 60 new cases were reported in Thane on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 671. This is the second highest single-day spike in the city.

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The number of cases too has doubled in a week from 300 cases on May 1 to 671 cases till Saturday.

Sandeep Malvi, deputy municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation, said, “Two out of the three patients died at home. A 67-year-old man from Kausa died on Saturday in his house. He had diabetes and tested positive on Saturday itself. In another case, a 57-year-old woman from Ramnagar in Thane died on May 8. She had hypertension and tested positive for Covid-19 on May 9, a day after her death. The third case is also of a 57-year-old woman, a resident of Diva, who died on May 4 at JJ Hospital in Mumbai.”

The number of deaths in the city is 24.