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A 28-year-old woman from Pune with a travel history to France and the Netherlands has tested positive for COVID-19, a senior official said today. With this, the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has gone up to 42.
Cnfirming the case, District Collector, Naval Kishore Ram said, "The woman returned India on March 15. She was admitted to hospitalhere on March 17
At 42, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases among states in the country.
Over 1.89 lakh people have been screened for Covid-19 symptoms at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports so far, a state government release said.
"As on Monday, a total of 1,063 travellers arrived in the state (since January 18 from coronavirus-countries), of which 794 people have been kept in isolation wards as they showed symptoms like fever, cold and cough," the release said.
It said 717 people have tested negative, 39 tested positive and reports of the others are awaited.
Of the 717 who tested negative, the mandatory 14-day follow-up period for 442 has been completed, the release added.
A total of 137 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in India so far and three persons have lost their lives while undergoing treatment for the deadly virus.
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