Given the rising weekly rate of growth and positivity in some districts of Maharashtra and the looming fear of Delta Plus cases, the Uddhav Thackeray government has sounded the alarm and urged districts with a relatively higher number of cases to do not rush into the process of easing restrictions.
Maharashtra reported 9,844 new cases of Covid-19 and 197 new deaths from the virus on Thursday. On Wednesday, the state reported more than 10,000 Covid-19 cases after a one-week break.
The state had reported 10,107 cases on June 16, and the daily number has remained below 10,000 since then.
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The most recent concern for the state is the weekly growth rate in 11 districts versus the national average of 0.15 percent and the high weekly positivity rate in 10 districts versus the national average of 4.54 percent.
While the state Covid Task Force has made it clear that there is no warning for a. gives third wave in the state in 2-4 weeks, however, she has stressed that the state must be prepared if it comes earlier than expected.
The 11 districts with a high weekly growth rate are:
Sindhudurg (1.21%), Ratnagiri (0.97%), Kolhapur (0.79%), Sangli (0.57%), Satara (0.40%), Raigad (0.39%), Palghar ( 0.24%), Solapur (0.21%), Ahmednagar (0.19%), Beed (0.19%) and Osmanabad (0.17%).
Maharashtra accounts for a fifth of all Covid-19 cases in the country.
There should be no rush to relax Covid restrictions: Maharashtra CM
Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday directed state health officials to focus on seven districts of the state where the number of infections is relatively higher. The prime minister urged officials to increase testing and vaccinations in these districts.
CM Thackeray stressed that there should be no rush to relax Covid-19 restrictions, adding that local administration should not take any chances given the threat of the virus spreading.
Speaking to collectors in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Hingoli districts, where the number of reported cases is high, Thackeray said The state health department should plan to provide oxygen beds, Intensive care beds, establishment of field hospitals in all districts with a view to the possibility of a third wave.
He said that given the prevailing second wave, the Delta Plus variant of the virus and the threat posed by the third wave, a modernization of health infrastructure was needed.
“We have to be very careful in the future. We are at the end of the second wave. The activation should not be done hastily. Each district should be self-sufficient in oxygen production. The administration must ensure that oxygen and medical equipment are available for rural and remote areas, “the PTI news agency quoted the Prime Minister as saying.
21 cases of the Delta Plus variant in 7 counties of Maharashtra. found
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday that 21 cases of the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus have been identified in seven districts of the state. These include nine in Ratnagiri, seven in Jalgaon, two in Mumbai and one case each in the districts of Palghar, Thane and Sindhudurg.
According to the Union’s Ministry of Health, 40 cases of Delta Plus classified as a Concerning Variant (VOC) have so far been discovered in India. These cases have been reported in Maharashtra, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh.
The Maharashtra Minister of Health said all cases of the Delta Plus variant will be closely monitored. He added that the state government is also conducting aggressive contact tracing to curb the spread of the infection.
Rajesh Tope said, “All the details of the cases should be available for investigation and investigation. Your travel history, aggressive tracing of high and low risk contacts has been ordered. We are looking carefully to see if these index cases were” re-infected, they have themselves infected even after taking the vaccine, has the Delta Plus variant escaped the vaccine? “
The health minister added that there have been no deaths from the Delta Plus variant in the state to date.
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