Covid-19 deaths in Mumbai rise to three amid ongoing surge | Mumbai News

Mumbai: City health authorities revised the Covid-19 death toll in the recent surge from two to three, following the delayed reporting of an earlier fatality. “It was an old death that is reported now,” said BMC’s executive health officer, Dr Daksha Shah.The deceased was a 70-year-old man with heart disease who died at a private hospital nine days ago. His positive reports came after the death, and the BMC was informed about it two days ago. Dr Shah said the cause of death in this, like the previous two cases, was not Covid-19.On Sunday, the city reported two Covid-19 deaths—a 14-year-old girl with kidney disease and a 59-year-old woman with cancer—at civic-run KEM Hospital, Parel. Health officials maintained the patients died due to their preexisting conditions.Mumbai has seen a rise in Covid cases in May, with 177 of the city’s 183 total cases for the year reported this month. Some patients were admitted at Seven Hills Hospital, Marol, for isolation, but none are critical.Meanwhile, neighbouring Thane city has reported 10 Covid-19 patients in the last three days. “They have mild symptoms and are being treated at home,” said Thane Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao. A 19-bed ward is operational at TMC’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Kalwa, with RTPCR testing facilities.State health officials said the overall trend remains sporadic, but they have increased surveillance and testing for Influenza-like illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). Mumbai: City health authorities revised the Covid-19 death toll in the recent surge from two to three, following the delayed reporting of an earlier fatality. “It was an old death that is reported now,” said BMC’s executive health officer, Dr Daksha Shah.The deceased was a 70-year-old man with heart disease who died at a private hospital nine days ago. His positive reports came after the death, and the BMC was informed about it two days ago. Dr Shah said the cause of death in this, like the previous two cases, was not Covid-19.On Sunday, the city reported two Covid-19 deaths—a 14-year-old girl with kidney disease and a 59-year-old woman with cancer—at civic-run KEM Hospital, Parel. Health officials maintained the patients died due to their preexisting conditions.Mumbai has seen a rise in Covid cases in May, with 177 of the city’s 183 total cases for the year reported this month. Some patients were admitted at Seven Hills Hospital, Marol, for isolation, but none are critical.Meanwhile, neighbouring Thane city has reported 10 Covid-19 patients in the last three days. “They have mild symptoms and are being treated at home,” said Thane Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao. A 19-bed ward is operational at TMC’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, Kalwa, with RTPCR testing facilities.State health officials said the overall trend remains sporadic, but they have increased surveillance and testing for Influenza-like illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).