Maharashtra reports more than 2,000 Covid-19 cases

On the second consecutive day yesterday, Maharashtra reported more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases. In last 24 hours as many as 2,033 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the state  taking the tally to 35,058.

While 51 more patients died raising the death toll to 1,249. State Capital Mumbai  reported 1,185 fresh COVID-19 cases and 23 more deaths. With this the total case count has reached to 21,152 and the fatalities to 757 in Mumbai.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the people of the state to have patience especially those who want to return from cities to their native places in rural Maharashtra. While addressing the state through social media, he cautioned the people not to carry the infection to the rural Maharashtra. He underlined the importance of keeping the green zones intact without adding any infection from local migrants. He also assured that the things will change very soon but the discipline has to be maintained.

Maharashtra CM Thackeray yesterday said that the government is working hard to maintain balance between



the lockdown measures and restarting the industrial activities. He said that the government had given permission to 70 thousand industries to start their activities out of which 50 thousand units have started and almost 5 lakh workers are engaged in it. He also urged the sons of the soil to come forward to fill in the gap which is there due to the migration of workers to their native places.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Civic body has issued a revised protocol for sealing of buildings, according to which either the entire building or a floor can be sealed depending upon the local situation, area of the building concerned and the number of cases.

It also said that positive symptomatic patients can be shifted to Dedicated CoVID Health Center or Dedicated COVID Hospital, private or public facility as per the beds available and affordability of the patient. Meanwhile, the positive asymptomatic patients can be home quarantined if adequate facilities are available in house and with a self-declaration made by the patient concerned.