Maharashtra Covid news live: Level 3 curbs in state to contain Delta-plus spread
Maharashtra’s public health department has estimated that in the event of a third Covid wave, the state will record approximately 50 lakh cases, of which 25 lakh will rely on government-run medical facilities or Covid care centres. The state crossed the 60 lakh mark in its Covid-19 case tally on Thursday. The state added 9,844 fresh cases and 197 deaths on Thursday, taking the total deaths to 1,19,859; and 359 unreported deaths were added to the cumulative tally. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
Three crore doses administered in Maha; govt says can vaccinate everybody in three months
With Maharashtra becoming the first state in the country on Friday to administer three crore coronavirus vaccine jabs, the state government said it can cover the entire eligible population within the next three months if the supply by the Centre kept up. Availability of vaccine doses was no longer an issue, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said at `Digital Dialogue', an event organized by his party, the NCP. “Vaccine availability is not an issue now. We have administered over three crore doses so far, and with increased pace, Maharashtra can vaccinate its entire eligible population in the next three months,” he said.
Delta plus: Level 3 curbs in Maharashtra to contain Covid-19 spread
In view of cases of the Delta plus variant of Covid-19 emerging in Maharashtra, the state government on Friday announced 'state-level trigger' for imposing restrictions in administrative units irrespective of weekly positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancy percentage. Weekly positivity rate regarding levels of restrictions will be determined on the basis of RT-PCR tests, and not rapid antigen or other tests, the state government said and described Delta plus as a variant of concern. Restrictions in administrative units will remain at a level not below 3, according to new guidelines issued as part of a government notification which also calls for pushing for 70 per cent vaccination of eligible population in the state. The move indicates tightening of restrictions to curb any surge in cases after some people were detected with the highly infectious Delta plus variant of coronavirus. Delta plus has been declared a variant of concern by the Centre.
For the weekly positivity rate Maharashtra government will consider only RTPCR
Maharashtra modifies the five level unlock plan as Delta+ variant emerges
Relaxations under levels 1 and 2 have been done away with. Relaxations under level 3 will be the base. Districts/corporations falling in level 1 and 2 will automatically slip to level 3. In level 3, malls, theatres, are not allowed and restaurants are allowed to be open till 4pm only.
A new milestone has been reached; this week we began our first batch of Covovax (a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax) at our facility, here in Pune
Serum Institute India
Mumbai has administered 50 lakh doses so far. Of this, 41.21 lakh have got the first dose and 9.54 lakh have been fully vaccinated.
Maharashtra becomes the first state to administer 3 crore covid vaccine doses
Experts call for increased testing as 27 districts lag state average
Twenty-seven districts in the state have been directed to ramp up daily Covid-19 testing for their failure to meet the state average, especially in the wake of the emergence of the Delta-plus variant.
The case fatality rate (CFR) of Malegaon town in the second wave of the Covid pandemic this year was at 2.33%, which is lesser than the CFR at 3.46% during the first wave last year, said Malegaon Municipal Corporation authorities.
Today, in the state, there are important issues such as Covid, reservation etc. They (BJP) are doing wrong things at the wrong time: Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil on deputy CM Ajit Pawar
We must vaccinate 70% of a region's target population, have zero tolerance for violations of Covid protocols and an area should show a positivity rate of less than 5% for two weeks before curbs can be eased.
Maharashtra task force member Dr Shashank Joshi
The emergence of the Delta-plus variant — classified as a “Variant of Concern” by the Centre this week — calls for a more scientific way to unlock regions, state task force member Dr Shashank Joshi has said.
The offline optional Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to Std XI in all schools and junior colleges affiliated to Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education will be held two weeks after the SSC board results are declared.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has demolished 33 dilapidated wadas across the civic limits in the last two months.
Maharashtra anti-corruption bureau has initiated open inquiry against dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income: Official
Visual from outside the residence of Anil Deshmukh in Worli, Mumbai
Picture credit: ANI
Dilip Gheware, a town planner at MBMC who was absconding in the multi-crore ULC scam is arrested by Thane crime branch in Gujarat.
Another team of ED raids former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's residence in Mumbai's Worli area: ED
Over the past few weeks, there has been a surge in the demand for Covaxin across Pune district. But a first dose remains hard to come by due to the limited number of centres offering the shot.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh's residence in Nagpur, in connection with alleged money laundering case. (ANI)