India, June 12 -- A day after the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) took a review of the Covid-19 situation in the city, the civic body has set up a dedicated 50-bed ward at Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital to treat the virus-infected patients, said the officials.

According to a statement issued by the PMC on Wednesday, two fresh Covid-19 cases were reported and three patients were successfully discharged after treatment. The city has 31 active Covid cases, 21 of which are under home isolation and 10 are hospitalized, of whom seven are on oxygen support. Besides, the city has reported 151 Covid cases since January this year.

Dr Nina Borade, health chief of PMC, said, "We have started surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) cases a...