Reasons behind Maharashtraâs disastrous Covid showing dragging the India story down
Reasons behind Maharashtraâs disastrous Covid showing dragging the India story down
Maharashtra has 56% of Indiaâs active Covid cases, but just 9.3% vaccinations and 7.6% tests. Experts say need of the hour is to prioritise high-burden districts for vaccinations.
Abantika Ghosh 15 March, 2021 8:46 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Maharashtra has rarely fallen off the list of Indian states worst hit by Covid-19 since April 2020, and now, another recent surge is causing grave worry.
The state accounts for 56 per cent of all active cases in India currently, with eight of the top 10 districts in the country. In the last one month, in fact, Maharashtra has shown an explosive spurt in active cases from 36,917 on 11 February to 1,00,240 on 11 March.
Updated Mar 12, 2021 · 02:57 pm File photo: A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment collects a swab sample from a man in Ahmedabad. | Amit Dave/Reuters
India on Friday registered 23,285 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall count to 1,13,08,846, data from the Union health ministry showed. The new cases were the highest in over two months. The country’s toll rose to 1,58,306 as 117 were reported in the last 24 hours.
The number of active cases, which has been a cause of concern for the central government, rose by 8,011 in the last day. The overall tally of active cases went up to 1,97,237. More than 1.09 crore people in India have recovered from the infection. Maharashtra and Kerala accounted for 71.69% of India’s total active cases, the health ministry said.
PM’s photo to be hidden on vaccine certificates in poll-bound states
It is to be noted here that after a complaint by the Trinamool, the poll panel had asked the MoHFW to follow the MCC in letter and spirit.
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A health worker prepares to administer COVISHIELD vaccine to an elderly man at a government hospital in Noida. (Photo | AP) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Health and Family Welfare Ministry (MoHFW) has informed the Election Commission that in compliance with Model Code of Conduct (MCC) it has applied filters in its CoWIN IT platform in four poll-bound states and a UT to ensure that the picture of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not appear on the Covid-19 vaccine certificates, sources in the poll panel said.
Covid-19: 8 of India s 10 worst-hit districts in Maharashtra
It is said that despite the rise in active cases in the country, the daily death count has remained low
Thursday March 11, 2021 8:38 PM, IANS
Mumbai: Hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned of a lockdown in some areas , the Centre on Thursday made the alarming revelation that 8 out of the top 10 worst Covid-hit districts in the country are located in the state.
While Pune tops with maximum new cases, Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, Amravati, Jalgaon, Nashik, and Aurangabad are the other districts of the state with highest Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a NITI Aayog Covid-19 status presentation here.
The certificates issued against Covid-19 vaccination in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, will no longer carry Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo. This decision has been taken by the Union Health Ministry under the direction of the Election Commission after the Trinamool Congress pointed out that it was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.