JOIN USCop's mother, wife test positive for COVID-19 in Navi Mumbai
The 73-year-old mother and wife of a police constable have tested positive for coronavirus in Navi Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.
The constable, who is attached to the Mumbai police, had tested positive for the infection earlier, while swab reports of his elderly mother and wife came out positive on Monday, public relations officer of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Mahendra Konde said.
In another development, a 42-year-old heart patient, who died while being shifted to a hospital in Navi Mumbai, tested positive for coronavirus post death, the official said.
A 57-year-old medical personnel of a civic hospital in Mumbai has contracted the infection, and at least 12 civic workers, who came in contact with her, were quarantined, a release from the Palghar district administration stated.
As per reports, the number of positive cases in Palghar stood at 146, of which 10 patients have succumbed to the infection.
Meanwhile, as many as 41 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the tally to 728 in the region and toll to 21, after two more died on Monday, an official from the district administration said.
With 41 patients, Mumbra town has recorded the highest number of cases in the district.