MUMBAI: Two Malayali nurses of Wockhardt Hospital have been tested positive for COVID-19. With this, 48 Malayali nurses have contracted the disease. They are undergoing treatment at Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri. Due to the spread of the disease, the Wockhardt Hospital was shut down last week.

Meantime, 17 have lost their lives due to the disease in the last 24 hours. 540 people have been confirmed of the virus. The number of infected cases rose to 5,734 in the country. 166 deaths have been reported. When 5095 are undergoing treatment in various hospitals, 472 have been cured of the disease.

Maharashtra is the most affected and has 1135 under treatment. It has reported the most coronavirus deaths at 72, followed by Gujarat at 16, Madhya Pradesh at 13 and Delhi at 9. Punjab and Tamil Nadu have reported eight fatalities each while Telengana has reported seven deaths.