Mumbai: Corona Virus in Maharashtra is not taking the name of havoc. After 42 days of a record decline in cases, Maharashtra has once again become the most affected state in the country. The state has also left Kerala behind with 3365 new Covid-19 patients. On Monday, 2884 patients were found in Kerala. The special thing is that for the first time after November 30 last year, so many cases have been received in the state.
During a conversation with reporters in Aurangabad on Saturday night, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said, “If matters continue to escalate, then we will have to talk to the Chief Minister and take tough steps.” There have also been 23 deaths in the state on Monday. In this context, the number of infected people in Maharashtra has reached 20 lakh 67 thousand 643. Whereas, 51 thousand 552 patients have died so far. For the past 6 days, more than 3 thousand cases are being received daily in the state.
In view of the increasing cases of Covid-19, BMC has deployed mobile testing vans in some areas of Dharavi. The authorities fear that the case will increase once again. Weekly growth rate of 0.12 percent has been observed in G North Ward of Dharavi, Dadar and Mahim. Recently Maharashtra government has made RT-PCR test mandatory for travelers coming from Kerala. In Kerala and Maharashtra, compared to the whole country, Corona’s halls looked uncontrollable. Due to this, the central government had also decided to send high-level teams to both the states.
On Monday, 9 thousand 93 patients were found in India. If compared to the last two Mondays, the cases have increased. The shortage of cases on Monday is due to shortage of staff and less testing on weekends. There were less than 4.9 lakh investigations on this Monday. For the first time in 6 months, the number of testing has reduced so much. 82 people died in the country on Monday. After this, the figure of deaths has reached 1 lakh 55 thousand 844.
