Thane:
Thirty members of a household have examined constructive for coronavirus at Kalyan in Thane district days after they celebrated the Ganesh Chaturthi competition collectively, a civic official stated on Saturday.
Family members dwell on completely different flooring of the identical constructing in Joshi Baug space, the official stated.
They received collectively for Ganesh Chaturthi final month in step with a 60-year-old household custom, stated Pratibha Panpatil, well being officer of the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Company (KDMC).
The competition was celebrated from August 22 to 31.
“Certainly one of them was later discovered to have caught the an infection, following which the samples of 33 relations have been despatched for checks. Altogether 30 individuals have examined constructive,” she informed PTI.
“They’ve been hospitalized. All are in secure situation,” the official stated.
KDMC public relations officer Madhuri Phophale stated 467 new coronavirus instances have been recorded on Saturday, taking the general depend to 31,007, whereas the loss of life depend to this point is 671.
The mortality charge within the KDMC limits is 2.16 per cent whereas the restoration charge is 86.09 per cent, she stated.
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