Due to the rains in Mumbai, the Nair Hospital compound flooded on Wednesday. (Express Photo)Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus News Live Updates: Maharashtra detected 21,029 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking its tally to 12.63 lakh. With 479 deaths due to the disease, the toll rose to 33,886. The state’s 12,63,799 cases of Covid-19 include 2,73,477 patients who are undergoing treatment and 9,56,030 who have recovered.
Mumbai reported 2,360 new cases on Wednesday, taking its count to 1,90,264. At least 49 people died due to Covid-19, due to which the death toll increased to 8,604. Pune, on the other hand, detected 3,886 infections; its total Covid-19 figure now stands at 2,61,683, including 5,954 deaths.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday held a meeting with chief ministers of seven states worst hit by the pandemic, including Maharashtra, to take stock of the Covid-19 situation. Home Minister Amit Shah, too, attended the meeting. PM Modi told the CMs to consider short lockdowns to curb the spread of the disease, and stressed the need to strengthen their contact tracing strategies.
During the meeting, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray exuded confidence in his government’s ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign, launched on September 15 to raise awareness on the disease. A statement from the Chief Minister’s Office also noted that PM Modi had lauded the people of Maharashtra for facing the health crisis bravely.
As Covid-19 spreads to rural Maharashtra, doctors are fighting more than just the disease. With low pay and long hours, the pandemic is exposing cracks in the state’s health infrastructure.
At a Covid-19 hospital in Mumbai. (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)
Observing that "anxious moments in life of near ones, who have tested positive for Covid-19, lead to unexpected behaviour", the Bombay High Court last week granted pre-arrest bail to a man and directed him to pay Rs 10,000 to the Chief Minister Relief Fund. The man was booked for causing obstruction and assaulting a government servant visiting a gram panchayat office. The man was searching for a bed at government hospitals for his Covid-19 positive mother.
A single judge bench of Justice Bharati H Dangre on September 18 was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Swapnil Lande, filed through advocate Pranav H Bhoite. The applicant told the court that his mother on July 25 tested positive and was home-quarantined as no beds were available in nearby hospitals. After hearing submissions, Justice Dangre noted, “The pandemic situation has brought the entire world on its knees... The anxious moments in the life of near and dear ones of a person, who has tested positive, lead to unprecedented situation and unexpected behaviour." Read Omkar Ghokale's report
As Covid-19 spreads to rural Maharashtra from the big cities, doctors are fighting more than just the disease. With low pay and long hours, the pandemic is exposing cracks in the state’s health infrastructure. Even urgent advertisements by the government for specialists have yielded little response. Read part II of an Express series, 'Test reports from the field'.
Bharat Biotech has announced that it will manufacture up to a billion doses of a single-dose intranasal vaccine. This means, the vaccine is sprayed into the nostrils and inhaled. What is the importance of such a vaccine for Covid-19? Are there potential issues with a vaccine such as this? Read Prabha Raghavan's explainer
Mumbai reported 2,360 new cases on Wednesday, taking its count to 1,90,264. At least 49 people died due to Covid-19, due to which the death toll increased to 8,604. Pune, on the other hand, detected 3,886 infections; its total Covid-19 figure now stands at 2,61,683, including 5,954 deaths.
Maharashtra detected 21,029 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking its tally to 12.63 lakh. With 479 deaths due to the disease, the toll rose to 33,886. The state’s 12,63,799 cases of Covid-19 includes 2,73,477 patients who are undergoing treatment and 9,56,030 who have recovered.