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MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded its first Covid-19 casualty — India’s third — with the death of a 63-year-old man who was undergoing treatment at Kasturba Hospital, Chinchpokli. Another patient undergoing treatment at Kasturba is said to be critical.
Two more persons in the state — one from Mumbai and the other from Pune — also tested positive on Tuesday, taking the state’s count to 41.
Of the 40 people now in public hospitals in the state, one is critical, seven have mild symptoms, and the rest are showing no symptoms. Twenty-six of the patients are men and 14 women.
Civic officials said the new case in Mumbai is of a 49-year-