Forty-seven new cases ofcoronavirus were reported in Pune on Saturday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the district to 612, a health official said.Three deaths due to coronavirus were also reported during the day, said an official of the Pune Municipal Corporation."A 62-year-old man had died in KEM hospital on April 16 due to acute respiratory failure. His samples tested positive on Friday. Another 58-year-old man died in Poona Hospital on April 17 due to viral pneumonia. His report was also positive," the official said.The third victim was a 75-year-old man who died at the state-run Sassoon Hospital here on Friday. He had respiratory tract infection.With these three deaths, the total death toll of COVID-19 patients in the district has now reached 51.
