60% Of All Active COVID-19 Cases Reported In Maharashtra: Centre
Mumbai: The Center said on Wednesday that Maharashtra accounts for 60% of all active COVID-19 cases and 45% of all new coronavirus-related deaths in the country.
Addressing a press conference, Union Health Ministry Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan said that India seems to return to a category as various states in the country are noticing a surge in the cases, with Maharashtra topping the list.
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The lowest point of new COVID-19 cases was observed on February 9, unlike today, nearly by 43% there is an increase in new cases and deaths have been increased by nearly 37% since last few weeks.
Maharashtra topped the list, pointing to the second wave as the state recorded 17,864 on 16 March. Yesterday, the Center also told the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government that the state was “at the beginning of the second wave of Covid” and that there was a lack of Covid-appropriate behaviour and “tracking and testing of cases”
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On the other hand, in the case of Karnataka, the positivity rate has increased by 1.3%. The ministry has advanced the state government to increase the absolute number of advanced tests as ‘testing, tracing and treatment’ has been effectively followed in many states to prevent proliferation.
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Followed by Kerala with 1,970 while Punjab reported 1,463 new cases, the ministry said.
He said “Punjab’s positivity rate is now 6.8% which is worrisome”, Bhushan said. “This shows that the proper behaviour of COVID-19 is not being followed in the state,” he added.
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Talking about New Delhi, he said, “In the last 24 hours, there have been more than 400 cases in the city. The positivity rate is less than 1%, however, it has increased from 0.4% to 0.6%”.
Meanwhile, India recorded the highest number of total Coronavirus cases this year, with a total of 1,14,38,734 from the total COVID-19 tally on Wednesday with 28,903 new infections.
The death toll rose to 1,59,044 with 188 new deaths, the highest in nearly two months, it was updated at 8 am.
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