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Coronavirus in Maharashtra: State starts building quarantine centre in Mumbai as death toll inches towards 450

Maharashtra remains in the crosshairs of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Wednesday saw the total number of coronavirus cases shoot up to 9915. 597 new cases were found in the state. The death toll is 432. 32 of these deaths were recorded on Wednesday.

India TV News Desk Written by: India TV News Desk New Delhi Updated on: April 29, 2020 22:37 IST
Coronavirus in Maharashtra: State starts building quarantine centre in Mumbai as death toll inches t
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Coronavirus in Maharashtra: State starts building quarantine centre in Mumbai as death toll inches towards 450

Maharashtra remains in the crosshairs of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Wednesday saw the total number of coronavirus cases shoot up to 9915. 597 new cases were found in the state. The death toll is 432. 32 of these deaths were recorded on Wednesday.

Mumbai alone accounts for 6644 coronavirus cases. This includes 270 deaths.

Authorities are constructing a quarantine centre on Mumbai's MMRDA grounds on war footing.

The quarantine centre will have 1008 beds. If required, the capacity of the quarantine centre will be increased. At increased capacity, the quarantine centre will be able to cater to 5000 patients in quarantine. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has said that the quarantine centre will be ready by May 9. Once ready, the quarantine centre will be able to house suspect patients of coronavirus as well as high-risk individuals.

Here are latest coronavirus figures from Maharashtra:

 

District/City Positive Deaths Recovered
Mumbai 6169 244 798
Thane 824 14 132
Palghar 164 4 36
Raigad 66 1 21
Nashik 194 12 6
Ahmednagar 42 2 23
Dhule 25 3 0
Jalgaon 40 9 1
Nandurbar 11 1 0
Pune 1174 82 233
Solapur 82 5 0
Satara 32 2 5
Kolhapur 12 0 4
Sangli 27 1 25
Sindhudurg 1 0 1
Ratnagiri 8 1 5
Aurangabad 90 6 22
Jalna 2 0 0
Hingoli 15 0 1
Parbhani 1 0 1
Latur 12 1 8
Osmanabad 3 0 3
Beed 1 0 1
Nanded 3 0 0
Akola 39 1 8
Amravati 28 7 4
Yavatmal 79 0 10
Buldhana 21 1 17
Washim 2 0 1
Nagpur 138 1 35
Bhandara 1 0 0
Gondia 1 0 1
Chandrapur 2 0 2

 

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