Before imposing new restrictions in Maharashtra, the situation will be closely monitored. If the number of cases and patients in hospitals rises, new restrictions may be imposed.
Corona cases are on the rise in Maharashtra once more. On Sunday, 1036 new cases were discovered, bringing the state’s weekly average to its highest level since February 26. In Mumbai, the number of cases has increased by 50% in just five days. Sixty to seventy percent of new cases received in the state are discovered in Mumbai. Meanwhile, in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning, 3741 new cases were discovered across the country. These are down 17% from Monday’s figures.
On Monday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray presided over a meeting to assess the situation in Corona. The steady rise in Covid cases in the state was taken into account. According to the state government, since the number of infected people is rising, but the number of people admitted to hospitals is not, the infection is not serious, and the situation will be closely monitored before new restrictions are imposed. If the number of cases and patients in hospitals rises, new restrictions may be imposed.
After a brief pause in February, Corona cases are rapidly increasing in Maharashtra. The third wave arrived at that time as a result of Corona’s Omicron variant. Then the cases began to rise, and there was talk of a fourth wave in Mumbai, but experts dismissed the possibility of a new wave or panic-like situation. Maharashtra’s average positivity rate is 4.25 percent. It’s the highest level since February 13th. There are over 24,500 corona beds available in Mumbai, but only 0.74 percent of them, or 185, were filled on Monday. On Monday, 676 new cases of infection were discovered in Mumbai, with a total of 1036 cases in Maharashtra. Since May, Mumbai has accounted for 60-70 percent of the total number of infected people in the state.
BA.4 and BA.5 have a highly contagious effect.
Officials say Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 substrains are to blame for the rise in cases in Maharashtra. These two variants account for the majority of cases in the state. They are highly contagious, according to state Health Minister Rajesh Tope. According to Tope, the number of people admitted to hospitals in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, is still quite low. The infection rate is low, so this isn’t a major concern.
Minister Tope presented the details of the cases received in the last seven days in the cabinet meeting, following Mumbai with more cases in Pune. According to this, Mumbai had 67 percent of the cases found in the last week, Pune had 7.4%, Raigad had 3.3 percent, and Palghar had 2%.
Seven people have died in the country in the last 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, 3741 new infections have been discovered, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday morning. These are down 17% from Monday’s figures. The epidemic has claimed the lives of seven people in the last 24 hours.
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