COVID-19: Thane city cases touch 198; KDMC, NMMC at 114, 103

Thane, Apr 24 () The number of COVID-19 cases inThane municipal limits reached 198 on Friday with 20 peopletesting positive for the coronavirus, while it touched 103 inNavi Mumbai civic limits, health officials said.

The 20 new cases in Thane city include four childrenin the 5-12 age group and a 70-year-old woman, said TMCspokesperson Sandeep Malavi.

Six people tested positive in Kalyan Dombivali civiclimits on Friday, taking the total number of COVID-19 casesthere to 114, an official said.

Officials here said an inter-ministerial central teamis expected to visit Thane in connection with the outbreak.

A statement from Kalyan Lok Sabha MP Srikant Shindesaid he had donated 10 ventilators each to TMC and KDMC.

In neighbouring Palghar district, the number ofCOVID-19 cases stood at 123. CORBNM BNM