Maharashtra Covid-19 cases: Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 1,881 new coronavirus cases, 81 per cent more than the previous day and highest since February 18, and also reported one case of B.A.5 variant, the state health department said. Maharashtra Covid-19 cases sudden rise, imposed new restriction.
Mumbai alone accounted for 1,242 new cases, almost double the Monday’s count. No new pandemic-related death was reported during the day. On Monday, the state had recorded 1,036 infections while Mumbai had reported 676 cases.
It may be noted that generally fewer cases are recorded on Mondays as fewer tests are carried out during weekends. On Tuesday, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 case tally rose to 78,96,114, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,866.
Tuesday’s daily rise in cases was highest since February 18 when the state had recorded 2,086 new cases. As per the latest report of ‘whole genomic sequencing’ from BJ Medical College, Pune, a 31-year-old woman from Pune was found positive for B.A.5 variant, the official release said.
“The woman was asymptomatic and recovered in home isolation,” the release added. On May 28, for the first time in Maharashtra four patients of B.A.4 sub-lineage and three cases of B.A.5 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant of coronavirus were found.
The daily infection rise in Mumbai at 1,242 was the highest since January 29 when the financial capital of India had reported 1,411 new cases. Mumbai has been driving the state’s coronavirus figures in the last few days. There are 8,432 active cases in Maharashtra now.
The districts of Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalna, Akola, Buldhana and Gondia have no active cases as of Tuesday. As many as 878 patients recovered since previous evening, taking the tally of recovered patients in the state to 77,39,816. The recovery rate in the state is 98.02 per cent.
Amid rise in covid cases in the state, the Maharashtra government has made it compulsory for the citizens to wear masks in public places except open spaces. Additional Chief Secretary, Dr Pradeep Vyas, in a letter to all district authorities, gave out several orders including ones for mandating the wearing of masks in public places.
“Mask in closed public spaces like trains, buses, cinemas, auditoriums, offices, hospitals, colleges, schools is a must,” he said The Maharashtra health department on Friday asked district and civic authorities to ramp up coronavirus testing as the numbers of samples being examined had fallen while cases were rising.
In a letter to collectors, municipal corporations and chief executive officers, Vyas said all districts should ensure the proportion of RT-PCR tests was at least 60 per cent.
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Here are the detailed guidelines issued today, apart from the mask mandate:
1. SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infections) and Fever surveillance in mandatory.
2. People need to get tested for Covid-19 if they show visible symptoms or respiratory problems.
3. Vulnerable populations need to be communicated about the risks they may face if Covid cases continue to surge.
4. Elderly people and those with comorbidities must be communicated repeatedly about the SMS strategy (social distancing, mask use, sanitisation).
5. Covid-appropriate behavior is mandatory.
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