Maha records 3900 new COVID-19 infections Tope says rise in cases alarming
Mumbai Dec 29 PTI Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a spurt in new COVID-19 cases at 3900 including 85 of Omicron with the daily count rising by 1728 from a day before the state health department said even as Health minister Rajesh Tope expressed concern over the spiralling number and termed it as alarmingWith the addition of 3900 cases which were detected after 123248 coronavirus tests were conducted in the last 24 hours the statewide infection count shot up to 6665386 the health department saidState capital Mumbai also recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases by clocking 2510 infections the highest daily addition since May 8 the civic body saidThe state recorded 20 fresh deaths taking the number of fatalities to 141496 the health department said in a bulletinIt said 1306 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases to 6506137The coronavirus recovery rate in the state is 9761 per cent it saidCurrently 122906 people are in home quarantine and 905 people in institutional quarantine the bulletin addedOn the Omicron front Maharashtra recorded 85 fresh infections the highest single-day tally by any state in the country of the new strain so farToday 85 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in the state Of these 47 patients have been reported by the National Institute of Virology NIV – where samples were sent for genome sequencing and 38 by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research IISER the health bulletin saidThirty-eight Omicron cases reported by IISER are from community surveillance and as per preliminary information they do not have a history of any international travel it saidOf the 47 patients reported by the Pune-based NIV 43 are international travellers and four are their close contacts the bulletin addedOn Tuesday the state had recorded 2172 cases and on Wednesday it registered nearly 80 per cent rise in infections in a span of 24 hoursHealth Minister Tope said in view of the rising coronavirus cases the existing curbs have to be observed strictly at parties and other public eventsHe said in the last eight to 10 days the active cases in the state stood in the range of 5000 to 6000On December 10 the state had 6543 active cases of COVID-19 according to a health department bulletinOn Tuesday the state had 11492 active cases and on Wednesday Dec 29 their number may cross the 20000-mark the minister said earlier in the dayHowever the health department data in the evening showed active cases stood at 14065The rise in active cases in Maharashtra is alarming he saidState Tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray urged people not to panic but exercise extreme caution in the wake sharp rise in coronavirus cases in Mumbai and stressed on vaccination and widespread use of face masksThough hospitalisations and positivity rates were low the COVID-19 cases have surged since last week Thackeray saidAfter reporting daily cases under-500 on most days in the last few months the city is witnessing a spike in infectionsHe further said that in the next 48 hours the BMC will be getting in touch with all educational institutions in the city to plan an organised vaccination drive for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years who are to be targeted in the expanded inoculation campaignThe authorities are also preparing a list of health workers frontline staff and senior citizens who are eligible to take the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine which should be administered nine months after the second shot the tourism minister saidThackeray said all public places in the city will remain shut on December 31Speaking about the bed capacity at hospitals Thackeray said there were 54000 beds available in the city at presentWe have also asked all the Covid care jumbo centres to be at stand by at all readiness levels along with basic facilities to medical infrastructure Testing and tracing protocols for all that have been operational all through were reviewed too Thackeray tweeted later onEarlier in the day NCP leader Supriya Sule said she and her husband had tested positive for coronavirusThe health bulletin said currently 122906 people are in home quarantine and 905 people in institutional quarantineNine districts and four municipal corporations did not report any fresh COVID-19 caseThe Mumbai region recorded 3173 cases Pune 444 Nashik 131 Kolhapur 82 Nagpur 34 Latur 16 Aurangabad 13 and Akola region sevenAn administrative region consists of a set of districtsThe Mumbai region reported eights deaths followed by Pune 10 while Nashik and Akola regions recorded one death each the bulletin saidNagpur Latur Aurangabad and Kolhapur regions did not report any fresh deathCoronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows Positive cases 6665386 new cases 3900 death toll 141496 recoveries 6506137 active cases 14065 total tests 68768760 PTI KK PR RSY RSY
Mumbai Dec 29 PTI Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a spurt in new COVID-19 cases at 3900 including 85 of Omicron with the daily count rising by 1728 from a day before the state health department said even as Health minister Rajesh Tope expressed concern over the spiralling number and termed it as alarmingWith the addition of 3900 cases which were detected after 123248 coronavirus tests were conducted in the last 24 hours the statewide infection count shot up to 6665386 the health department saidState capital Mumbai also recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases by clocking 2510 infections the highest daily addition since May 8 the civic body saidThe state recorded 20 fresh deaths taking the number of fatalities to 141496 the health department said in a bulletinIt said 1306 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases to 6506137The coronavirus recovery rate in the state is 9761 per cent it saidCurrently 122906 people are in home quarantine and 905 people in institutional quarantine the bulletin addedOn the Omicron front Maharashtra recorded 85 fresh infections the highest single-day tally by any state in the country of the new strain so farToday 85 cases of the Omicron variant have been reported in the state Of these 47 patients have been reported by the National Institute of Virology NIV – where samples were sent for genome sequencing and 38 by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research IISER the health bulletin saidThirty-eight Omicron cases reported by IISER are from community surveillance and as per preliminary information they do not have a history of any international travel it saidOf the 47 patients reported by the Pune-based NIV 43 are international travellers and four are their close contacts the bulletin addedOn Tuesday the state had recorded 2172 cases and on Wednesday it registered nearly 80 per cent rise in infections in a span of 24 hoursHealth Minister Tope said in view of the rising coronavirus cases the existing curbs have to be observed strictly at parties and other public eventsHe said in the last eight to 10 days the active cases in the state stood in the range of 5000 to 6000On December 10 the state had 6543 active cases of COVID-19 according to a health department bulletinOn Tuesday the state had 11492 active cases and on Wednesday Dec 29 their number may cross the 20000-mark the minister said earlier in the dayHowever the health department data in the evening showed active cases stood at 14065The rise in active cases in Maharashtra is alarming he saidState Tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray urged people not to panic but exercise extreme caution in the wake sharp rise in coronavirus cases in Mumbai and stressed on vaccination and widespread use of face masksThough hospitalisations and positivity rates were low the COVID-19 cases have surged since last week Thackeray saidAfter reporting daily cases under-500 on most days in the last few months the city is witnessing a spike in infectionsHe further said that in the next 48 hours the BMC will be getting in touch with all educational institutions in the city to plan an organised vaccination drive for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years who are to be targeted in the expanded inoculation campaignThe authorities are also preparing a list of health workers frontline staff and senior citizens who are eligible to take the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine which should be administered nine months after the second shot the tourism minister saidThackeray said all public places in the city will remain shut on December 31Speaking about the bed capacity at hospitals Thackeray said there were 54000 beds available in the city at presentWe have also asked all the Covid care jumbo centres to be at stand by at all readiness levels along with basic facilities to medical infrastructure Testing and tracing protocols for all that have been operational all through were reviewed too Thackeray tweeted later onEarlier in the day NCP leader Supriya Sule said she and her husband had tested positive for coronavirusThe health bulletin said currently 122906 people are in home quarantine and 905 people in institutional quarantineNine districts and four municipal corporations did not report any fresh COVID-19 caseThe Mumbai region recorded 3173 cases Pune 444 Nashik 131 Kolhapur 82 Nagpur 34 Latur 16 Aurangabad 13 and Akola region sevenAn administrative region consists of a set of districtsThe Mumbai region reported eights deaths followed by Pune 10 while Nashik and Akola regions recorded one death each the bulletin saidNagpur Latur Aurangabad and Kolhapur regions did not report any fresh deathCoronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows Positive cases 6665386 new cases 3900 death toll 141496 recoveries 6506137 active cases 14065 total tests 68768760 PTI KK PR RSY RSY
