Maharashtra govt directs district collectors, municipal commissioners to be ready to tackle third COVID-19 wave
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The Maharashtra Government has directed the district collectors and municipal commissioners to be ready to tackle the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said, The possibility of a third wave of COVID-19 has been projected by the Centre. It is expected to last between the end of July, August and September. The government has launched massive preparations to deal with the situation. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked the district collectors and municipal commissioners to ramp up the medical and health facilities including an increase in the number of beds. It is not just to increase the number of beds but the Chief Minister has instructed to be self-sufficient in terms of manpower, skilled manpower, doctors, medicines, oxygen.ââ
Sanjay Raut urges CM Thackeray to recognise journalists as frontline workers
Mirror Online / Updated: May 5, 2021, 11:50 IST
Balasaheb Thorat wrote to Uddhav Thackeray,
Shiv Sena leader, and Rajya MP
Sanjay Raut has urged chief minister to recognise journalists as a frontline worker There is a contribution of journalists in the creation of Maharashtra. Balasaheb was a fierce
journalist. More than 200 journalists have lost their life due to COVID and journalists from Maharashtra are among them, said Raut.
He further requested
On Tuesday, state revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat urged CM to consider journalists as
frontline workers to ensure that they get vaccinated against
920 Deaths In Maharashtra, Highest Ever In A Day; 57,640 New Cases 920 Deaths In Maharashtra, Highest Ever In A Day; 57,640 New Cases
Mumbai reported 3,882 new coronavirus cases and 77 deaths.
Mumbai:
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported a record 920 new deaths from COVID-19 and more than 57,000 new cases even as authorities said some of the worst affected districts in the state showed a declining trend in infections.
Capital Mumbai reported 3,879 new cases and 77 deaths while Pune logged 9,084 cases and 93 deaths.
The state currently has 6.41 lakh active cases.
According to officials, of the 920 deaths reported on Wednesday, 414 took place in the last 48 hours and 219 in the last week. The other 287 deaths are from the period before last week.
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Mumbai on Monday reported the lowest number of new covid-19 cases in the last 47 days as 2,662 persons tested positive for the virus. On the other hand, 78 persons died due to the infection. The overall case count of the city now stands at 6,58,866 with 13,408 fatalities. At present, the metropolis has over 54,000 active cases. Bmc Commissioner Iqbal Chahal has urged citizens to come forward and get tested for covid. Maharashtra saw a drop in fresh cases and recorded 48,621 new infections on Monday. The number of active patients now stands at 6,63,758. Catch all the latest updates of Mumbai city here:
Only 0.22 per cent COVID-19 vaccine wastage in Maharashtra: Congress
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The Congress also said that only 23,547 vaccine doses were left in Maharashtra and asked how can the state plan vaccination of people if it does not have the adequate number of doses.
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Sawant further said the Maharashtra government was proud of the state s health workers who kept wastage to minimum and still made the state no.1 in vaccination.
The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday said the COVID-19 vaccine wastage in the state was only 0.22 per cent and not six per cent as claimed by Union minister Prakash Javadekar.