2 more deaths in Pune, toll goes up to 31

Health officials in Pune as saying that the two who died had tested positive for Covid-19 and also had co-morbidity, according to news agency ANI.

Two more Covid-19 related deaths were reported from Pune on Sunday, taking the toll due to the coronavirus disease to 31 in the Maharashtra city.

Thirty-one people, including two residents of Thane and Ahmednagar, have died in Pune till now. (Aalok Soni/Hindustan Times)

News agency ANI cited health officials in Pune as saying that the two who died had tested positive for Covid-19 and also had co-morbidity.

Thirty-one people, including two residents of Thane and Ahmednagar, have died in Pune till now.

Mumbai and Pune have reported 91% of the Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra of which 61% of them are from Mumbai and 20% from Pune, Rajesh Tope, the state’s health minister, had said on Saturday.

Maharashtra had recorded 17 deaths due to Covid-19 on Saturday, 12 of which were recorded in Mumbai, the largest single-day toll recorded in the city so far. Maharashtra had recorded a mortality rate of 7% and Mumbai 6.6% on Saturday.

The number of Covid-19 related deaths recorded in the state was 127, with 76 fatalities in Mumbai, till Saturday.

On Sunday, Maharashtra, the worst-hit state in the country, had 1895 Covid-19 patients after the state recorded 134 new cases since Saturday night.