Nashik Dec 30 PTI Maharashtras Nashik on Thursday recorded 82 fresh cases of COVID-19 and detected the districts first Omicron case an official said With this the districts COVID-19 tally has risen to 413845 which includes 8755 deaths the official said During the genome sequencing of samples given as part of random testing the first case of Omicron in Nashik city was detected The patient is asymptomatic district collector Suraj Mandhare said The collector urged citizens not to panic but follow all COVID-19 guidelines and get vaccinated at the earliest Of the total number of cases reported so far 232918 were from Nashik city 158237 from other parts of the district 12711 from Malegaon and 6063 patients were from outside the district the administration said At least 50 patients were discharged during the day taking the count of recoveries to 404603 the official said As many as 3019536 swabs have been tested till date of which 3529 were tested on Thursday he added PTI COR ARU ARU

Nashik Sep 22 PTI The water level in the Godavari river in Maharashtras Nashik district rose on Wednesday following the discharge of water from the Gangapur dam due to heavy rain officials said Nashik city and most parts of the district received heavy rains from Wednesday morning to afternoon As per the Met department Nashik city received 164 mm of rainfall from 830 am to 530 pm on Wednesday Due to heavy rains in the Gangapur dam area discharge of water from the dam will be increased in a phased manner At 1 pm the discharge from the dam was increased at the rate of 6000 cusecs district collector Suraj Mandhare said on Wednesday As a result of the discharge of water from the Gangapur dam the water level in the Godavari river rose considerably Water had reached the chest of Dutondya Maruti the tall idol of Lord Hanuman on the bank of the river till 445 pm on Wednesday Most of the small temples and the canopy under which post-death rites are performed were almost submerged in the water An alert has been sounded for residents living on the banks of the river as the water level may increase further The district administration shifted small stalls and vendors on the banks of the river to safer places PTI COR NSK NSK