Pimpri-Chinchwad has recorded a pointy drop in coronavirus circumstances, with the quantity falling to 7,389 in June from 39,975 in May.
“While the number of Covid cases continues to decline, we are cautious as experts have predicted a third wave. Since children are likely to be affected the most in the third wave, we have made necessary arrangements for them like reserving hospitals, procuring medicine and recruiting doctors and nurses, specially specialists in treating children,” mentioned PCMC. Additional Municipal Commissioner Vikas Dhakane mentioned.
PCMC has inaugurated two hospitals at Akurdi and Thergaon for Kovid sufferers, however they haven’t admitted any sufferers to this point.
PCMC has additionally determined to acquire medicines price Rs 23 lakh for the remedy of mucormycosis sufferers at YCM Hospital. The civil administration will place the proposal earlier than the Civil Standing Committee on Wednesday. In the final three months, YCM Hospital has handled 271 mucormycosis sufferers. Of these, 104 have been cured. Officials mentioned that 34 have died to this point and 134 are present process remedy.
In the second wave of infections, from March 1 to June 30, Pimpri-Chinchwad recorded a document 1,52,084 circumstances. In the 15 months because the pandemic started, Pimpri-Chinchwad has registered 2,58,993 optimistic circumstances. Of these, 2,52,732 sufferers have been cured.
Dr Pawan Salve, Additional Head of Health, PCMC mentioned, “In the four months of the second wave, we have registered a record number of Covid positive cases.”
The second wave began within the third week of February and reached its peak in April. Patients struggled to get entry to hospital beds, particularly ventilators. PCMC was pressured to restart its 816-bed Jumbo Covid Hospital in Nehrunagar. As the circumstances began growing, solely about 200 beds have been saved prepared within the hospital.
In the second wave, 1,138 individuals succumbed to the coronavirus. Overall, there have been 4,290 deaths attributable to Kovid in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
