After a couple from Pune, who recently travelled to Dubai with a group of 40 others tested positive for the virus on Monday, six members of the group who had travelled with them have been admitted to Kasturba Hospital on Tuesday.

A statement released by Pune Divisional Commissioner, Deepak Mhaisekar, states that the group landed in Mumbai on March 1 and the couple started experiencing symptoms on March 8. They were soon admitted in the quarantine ward of Naidu Hospital where both tested positive. They had hailed a cab from Mumbai to Pune and their driver has also been quarantined. The couple is in stable condition.

After the news about the couple broke, civic officials reached out to the Airport Authority of India to trace the members of the group who were staying in Mumbai.