# Covid-19: Big increase in corona patient numbers in the city; Intensive care unit and isolation room started

Pimpri: In the state, Corona has raised its head again. The number of patients in Pimpri Chinchwad is also increasing. On that background, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has started intensive care unit and isolation room in Akurdi Hospital. Health Medical Officer Dr. Presented by Laxman Gofne.

Currently, the number of Kovid patients is increasing in the municipal area. In this connection, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s K.H.B.P. A 10-bed intensive care unit and a 40-bed isolation ward have been set up at Prabhakar Malharrao Kute Memorial Hospital, Akurdi.

In order to admit Kovid infected patients to this hospital, it will be necessary to get reference letters from other hospitals of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and also the number of beds will be increased as per the need, said Dr. Gofne has said. Today (23rd) 197 positive patients of Corona have been found in the city. The city currently has 716 coronary heart disease patients, of which 679 are home quarantine patients. Meanwhile, 18 affected patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital.