3 Covid-19 patients die at Thane hospital due to oxygen shortage
At least three Covid-19 patients died at a Thane hospital due to shortage of medical oxygen. Several hospitals in Thane are going through an acute shortage of medical hospital to deal with demand amid gloomy Covid-19 scenario.
Thane reported 4,211 new instances of coronavirus within the final 24 hors, pushing the tally past 4.50 lakh, in accordance to the district administration. The virus additionally claimed the lives of 46 extra folks, elevating the demise toll within the district to 7,278. The COVID-19 mortality price in Thane is 1.62 per cent.
In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case rely has gone up to 78,336, whereas the demise toll is 1,476.
Meanwhile, a practice carrying three tankers loaded with liquid medical oxygen arrived at Kalamboli close to Mumbai from Jamnagar in Gujarat on Monday. The practice, carrying about 44 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen, practically 15 tonnes in every tanker, reached Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai at round 11.30 am, overlaying a distance of about 860 km in over 17 hours.
This is the second ‘Oxygen Express’ to arrive in Maharashtra, which is going through shortage of the liquid medical oxygen due to a pointy surge in COVID-19 instances.
The first ‘Oxygen Express’ carrying seven tankers of the liquid medical oxygen reached the state from Visakhapatnam on April 23. Four of these tankers had been offloaded at Nashik and three at Nagpur.
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