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With 94 new cases, Thane crosses 1000 mark
With 94 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the city recorded the highest one-day spike. The total number of Covid positive cases in the city is 1,090.
With 94 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the city recorded the highest one-day spike. The total number of Covid positive cases in the city is 1,090.
Covid cases have doubled from 500 cases on May 7 to 1,000 on May 16 in merely 10 days.
Sandeep Malvi, deputy municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), said, “Wagale Estate, Mumbra and Lokmanyanagar Sawarkarnagar wards have recorded the highest increase of 21, 20 and 17 cases respectively.”
Till Saturday, 283 patients had recovered and discharged, as per the TMC’s record.
Treatment charges to be displayed
Following the directives of guardian minister of Thane district Eknath Shinde, TMC has given directives to private hospital which have been declared as Covid hospitals to display the charges outside the hospital. The rates will be fixed by TMC and the hospitals will have to follow them. Civic commissioner Vijay Singhal said, “We will ensure that the common man in the city is not deprived of proper medical treatment. We will fix a rate for treatment which the private hospital will have to display at the entrance of the hospital so that there is transparency.”
Wholesale markets closed in Naupada
Thane Municipal Corporation has issued orders to close the wholesale market in Kharkar Ali and Jambli Naka on Sunday after a man tested positive from Kharkar Ali. The wholesale grocery market has been set up at Kharkar Ali and a vegetable market at Jambli Naka area. Small traders crowd the markets, violating the social distancing norm.
