Updated Apr 16, 2021 | 13:38 IST
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation issued guidelines on Wednesday which stated that as part of the ‘Break the Chain’ initiative outsiders will be banned from entering the premises of housing societies. According to the new guidelines, outsiders will be banned from entering the premises of cooperative housing societies.  |  Photo Credit: AP
Pune: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) issued guidelines on Wednesday which stated that as part of the ‘Break the Chain’ initiative outsiders will be banned from entering the premises of cooperative housing societies.
There are more than 2,000 micro-containment zones in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The order also explained the measures for maintaining a housing society in a micro-containment zone. “Any society where five or more Covid-19 positive patients are found will be declared a micro-containment zone. The declaration of micro-containment zones will
Updated Apr 16, 2021 | 18:49 IST
Pune district in Maharashtra reported 9,955 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking its caseload to 6,85,970, a health official said. 9,956 new covid-19 cases in pune district, 114 die  |  Photo Credit: IANS
Pune: Pune district in Maharashtra reported 9,955 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking its caseload to 6,85,970, a health official said.
The death toll reached 11,103 as 114 patients succumbed to the infection, he said. Of the 9,956 cases, 5,395 were from areas located within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where the case count has grown to 3,49,424, the official said.
A total of 4,321 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day. With 2,086 new cases, the tally in Pimpri Chinchwad township grew to 1,75,405.
Updated Apr 15, 2021 | 17:09 IST
The Pune district s demand for Remdesivir injections has not met over the last several days, said Additional Collector of the city, Vijay Singh Deshmukh on Thursday. In the wake of coronavirus spreading rapidly, The Pune district s demand for Remdesivir injections has not met over the last several days, said district administration.  
Pune: The Pune district s demand for Remdesivir injections has not met over the last several days, said Additional Collector of the city, Vijay Singh Deshmukh on Thursday. The daily demand for Remdesivir in Pune district is about 18,000 injections per day. We have demanded 45,000 doses but we received the first consignment of 600 injections, later (on the next day) we received 300 injections stock and yesterday we received about 1,200 injections, he said.
As Pune observed a weekend lockdown, there was a slight drop in the number of covid positive cases reported from 12,377 to 9,621 on Monday. The city is struggling with the shortage of ambulance and Remdisivir.