Corona cases surge in Maharashtra the state government on Wednesday (January 5) closed all colleges and universities till February 15. The exams will be conducted online in colleges and universities. Maharashtra Wednesday reported 26,538 new cases.
Maharashtra Higher & Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said, “Amid rising corona cases, college closed Maharashtra govt to discontinue physical classes in colleges, universities till February 15. All exams in the said institutions to be conducted online till February 15.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope had ruled out 100 per cent lockdown in the state, adding that restrictions have to be imposed wherever there is crowding. Talking to reporters after a meeting with the state’s COVID-19 Task Force and health officials, Tope said, “The Task Force has used the term augmented restrictions, which means if the cases rise like this…We don’t have to use the term lockdown. Hundred per cent lockdown is not certainly required as of today.”
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“Wherever crowding takes place, there have to be restrictions, but it is not the case that it (curbs) should be brought today,” he said. Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 26,538 new cases, 8 deaths and 5,331 discharges. The state also detected 144 new Omicron cases taking the total tally of the new infection to 797. The active cases in the state rose to 87,505.
The state of Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 26,538 new Covid-19 cases amid an alarming surge in cases nationally. The state also recorded 8 deaths taking the case fatality rate to 2.09%.
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5,331 discharges were discharged in single day. The total number of active cases in the state stands at 87,505. The state also reported 144 new cases of the Omicron variant. This took the Omicron tally to 797.
In other news, the state’s recovery rate stands at 96.55%. Currently 513758 are under home quarantine and 1366 people are under institutional quarantine. 330 people have also been discharged after testing negative of Omicron variant of Coronavirus.
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