Pune police constable, wife test positive for COVID-19

Pune, Apr 18 () A 43-year-old policeman and hiswife tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Punecity, a senior official said on Saturday.

A police constable and his wife tested positive forcoronavirus on Friday evening and were shifted to an isolationfacility in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area, the official said.

The constable worked with the Pune police and lived inPimpri, he said, adding that the authorities were now tracingthe close contacts of the couple.

According to health officials, as many as 565 peoplehave tested positive for COVID-19 in Pune district so far, ofwhich 48 have succumbed to the infection. SPKARU ARU