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District also recorded 56 deaths among COVID-19 patients; toll now 2,185 For the second consecutive day, more people have been discharged than fresh cases reported in the district. On Tuesday, 2,098 people tested positive whereas 2,710 were discharged. Of the 94,978 patients who have tested positive so far, 66,640 have recovered. The district also recorded 56 deaths among COVID-19 patients with the toll now reaching 2,185. At present, there are 16,833 active COVID-19 cases within Pune Municipal Corporation limits of which 656 patients are critical and 404 are on ventilator support. Of the 56 deaths, a 93-year-old woman from Shaniwar Peth was the oldest COVID-19 fatality. She passed away at Naidu hospital due to COVID-19-positive pneumonitis. A 30-year-old man from Dhayari was the youngest fatality. He passed away at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital due to right lower limb arterial thrombosis and sepsis shock in COVID-19-positive pneumonia. The patient had acute pulmonary hypertension. A … [Read more...] about More recoveries than +ve cases for 2 days in a row

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Several devotees have also donated silver bricks to the trust. All of them will be used for the ceremony on Wednesday, said trust officials. “Later, these silver bricks will be enchased and the money will be used for the construction of Ram Mandir,” Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, successor designate to the trust chief, said. … [Read more...] about Prayers, rituals and security ring to mark big day for Ayodhya Ram temple today

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Sri Lankan officials have blamed a small local group called National Thowheeth Jama’ath for the bomb attacks on Sunday. It is unclear whether this assertion is based on new information discovered by investigators since the atrocity or a notice circulated by Sri Lankan police 10 days before the blasts, which said the group was planning suicide attacks against churches. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka bombings: doubts over Islamist group’s potential role