Maharashtra records 5 Delta Plus deaths in 7 weeks

Maharashtra has reported two more deaths of patients infected with the worrisome Delta Plus Covid19 virus variant taking the toll to five with the number of patients standing at 66 till date officials saidRatnagiri has recorded two deaths while one each was reported from Mumbai Raigad and Beed leaving health officials concernedAll the deceased were senior citizens above 65 years with various comorbidities and two were fully vaccinated and two not inoculated while the status of the fifth victim is being ascertainedA 69yearold man diagnosed with Delta Plus succumbed in Raigads Nagothane while a middleaged woman infected by the same variant is under treatment in nearby Uran townLate on Thursday the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation BMC received the Delta Plus positive sample reports of a 60yearold woman from the eastern suburbs of the city who had passed away on July 24Prior to that the first patient of Delta Plus in the state an 80yearold man had expired in Ratnagiri on June 25 and two patients one each from Ratnagiri and Beed have also fallen victims to the new variant said the officialsOn Wednesday the Maharashtra Health Department had pegged the number of Delta Plus variant patients in the state at 66 of whom 61 are fully recovered till date as per data from the Institute of Genomics Integrative Biology labAmong these 66 the highest 13 are from Jalgaon followed by 12 from Ratnagiri 11 from Mumbai six each in Thane and Pune three in Palghar and Raigad two each in Nanded and Gondia and one each from Sindhudurg Aurangabad Kolhapur Sangli Beed Nandurbar Akola and ChandrapurThe patients include 34 women and 32 men and a whopping 33 cases or nearly half of those infected are in the 1945 age group while 17 are 4660 years and seven in above60 age groupAs a precaution the Health Department has started searching for the close contacts of these infectees on a war footing besides ascertaining their travel history vaccination status recent medical status and other relevant details to prevent more infections said the officialsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever