People buying winter clothes in Pune on Monday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)Maharashtra Coronavirus News Live Updates: Maharashtra recorded 4,008 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the state tally to 16,87,784, while 104 fatalities pushed the death toll to 44,128, PTI quoted the health department as saying.
A total of 10,225 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday, the health department said. With this, the number of recoveries in the state has reached 15,24,304.
Mumbai, meanwhile, reported the highest single-day rise in cases with 706 infections and 30 deaths. The state capital has recorded 2,59,111 cases and 10,348 deaths till date.
There are 1,18,777 active coronavirus cases at present in the state.
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said a second wave of infections was unlikely but the state is ready to tackle in case such a situation arises, PTI reported.
Tope said testing in Maharashtra had increased while the civic body in Mumbai was providing free tests at 44 places.
The minister added that a decision on opening places of worship would be taken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at the appropriate time.
Covid-19 tests at a Municipality dispensary in Nimoni Baug in Mumbai. (Express file photo by Amit Chakravarty)
The Maharashtra government and the Railways are at loggerheads over restarting Mumbai’s suburban train operations, the lifeline of the metropolis, without restrictions on who can avail of the services. At present, only certain categories of persons, including essential services staff and women, can travel by local trains. In this article we explain why the two are at loggerheads and how this is not the first time that the Maharashtra government and the Railways have squared off against each other.
Nagpur district reported 279 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the total tally to 1,03,257, while 10 deaths took the death toll to 3,420, PTI quoted an official as saying.
A total of 96,108 people have recovered from the disease, and 3,729 cases are active at present.