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Thane records 6 Covid deaths in 24 hours
Thane recorded six Covid deaths on Friday – the highest in a day. The city has seen 48 Covid deaths.
Thane recorded six Covid deaths on Friday – the highest in a day. The city has seen 48 Covid deaths.
Thane is merely short of four cases to touch 1,000 cases of Covid-19. It reported the highest one-day spike of 83 cases on Friday, taking the total to 996.
Three among the six who died, died on their way to hospital or in their own homes.
Sandeep Malvi, deputy municipal commissioner of TMC, said, “Out of the six, two are women --a 50-year-old from Wagale Estate and a 58-year-old from Gautam Nagar in Hajuri. The woman from Indira Nagar, Wagale Estate died on her way to the hospital while the Hajuri resident died in her house.”
A 32-year-old man from Indira Nagar area of Wagale Estate died on the way to hospital. Three more men, including a 51-year-old man from Lokmanya Nagar, 74-year-old man from Padle village and 45-year-old man from Rashid Compound in Mumbra died, said Malvi.
He added, “The home deaths will also have to follow the funeral norms of Covid deaths. The protocol was followed in the three cases reported today. The Lokmanyanagar Sawarkarnagar ward recorded the highest number of cases at 32 followed by 16 in Mumbra and 10 in Wagale Estate.”
