Varun Dhawan To Donate Oxygen Concentrators, Reveals First Shipment Has Arrived And Been Allocated To 14 Hospitals
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Bollywood star Varun Dhawan on Saturday joined an initiative to help procure and donate oxygen concentrators to hospitals amid the raging second wave of COVID-19. After extending his support last year through various initiatives, the actor has now contributed to help fund the requirement across the country through this new move. He took to his Instagram handle and shared a statement revealing that the first shipment has already reached India and has been deployed at 14 hospitals.
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The statement read, During uncertain times like these, our healthcare system needs utmost help. Since we know that oxygen is the need of the hour, I have contributed and partnered with @MissionOxygenIndia in their initiative to procure and donate lifesaving oxygen concentrators to hospitals across the country.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday addressed the state and said that the government s decision to impose lockdown-like restrictions has proved to be beneficial. We have been able to contain the spread of COVID-19 due to restrictions. Our estimate was that there might be 10 lakh active patients, but now the cases are stable at around 6 to 6.5 lakh, Thackeray said.
Thackeray listed out various measures taken by the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to contain the spread of the pandemic and to increase the facilities in the state. There were 2 testing labs in June 2020, now there are 609. There were 2,665 COVID Centres, now there are 5,595. There were 3,36,384 hospital beds, now there are 4,31,902. There were 42,813 oxygen beds, now there are 86,108. There were 11,882 ICU beds, now there are 28,937. There were 3,744 ventilators, now there are 11,713, noted Thackeray.
No need for stricter lockdown in Maharashtra, says Uddhav Thackeray ANI | Updated: Apr 30, 2021 22:48 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that there is no need for a more strict lockdown in the state as people are following the restrictions. There is no need for a more strict lockdown in the state, people are following the restrictions. We have been to contain the spread of COVID-19 due to restrictions and lockdown. Our estimate was that there might be 10 lakh positive active patients, but now it is 7 lakh cases, Thackeray said at a press conference.
UPDATED: May 1, 2021 02:58 IST
With 2,90,207 new tests, the number of samples examined for coronavirus has gone up to 2,71,06,282. (File photo)
Maharashtra reported 62,919 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, pushing the tally of active cases to 6,62,640. The state also reported 828 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours.
The caseload on Friday reached 46,02,472, while the death toll rose to 68,813, news agency PTI reported.
The case fatality rate (CFR) among patients in the state now stands at 1.5 per cent as per the latest figures. At the same time, the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra has increased to 84.06 per cent.
As many as 69,710 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the number of recoveries in the state to 38,68,976.
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April 30, 2021 22:46 IST
The Chief Minister said that the Maharashtra government was ready to purchase 12 crore doses of vaccines, required for six crore citizens in 18 to 45 age group, at one go
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‘Maharashtra has the capacity to vaccinate each and every person but the problem is of vaccine supply,’ said Mr. Thackeray. Screengrab from twitter.com / @CMOMaharashtra
The Chief Minister said that the Maharashtra government was ready to purchase 12 crore doses of vaccines, required for six crore citizens in 18 to 45 age group, at one go
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that the State has received only three lakh vaccine doses for vaccinating individuals within the age group of 18 to 45. The vaccination process will begin from May 1.