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Kalyan-Dombivli Reports First COVID-19 Fatality; Thane City Confirms 36 Active Cases

An operational RT-PCR lab with stocked isolation wards stands ready to manage the rising caseload

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Overview

  • KDMC confirmed its first COVID-19 death after a 47-year-old Kalyan woman with typhoid complications was found positive posthumously
  • Thane Municipal Corporation reports 36 active infections, with nine patients hospitalized—two at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa and seven in private facilities—and 23 under home quarantine
  • Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation has recorded four total cases, including one patient discharged after treatment and one transferred for further care
  • Isolation wards with a combined 15-bed capacity have been established at Rukhmani Bai Hospital in Kalyan and Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli Local health officials confirm adequate stocks of oxygen and medicines and urge strict adherence to mask use, hand hygiene and social distancing