Maharashtra's active Covid count at lowest point since start of the pandemic

PUNE: Maharashtra currently has the lowest active Covid cases since April 2020, the time the World Health Organisation (WHO) had announced the pandemic.
WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, and a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Around April 4, 2020, the active Covid cases in Maharashtra had risen to 635.

State surveillance officer Dr Pradeep Awate told TOI, "This number has now fallen to 531, after as long as two-and-a-half years. This is now officially the lowest active cases figure - almost akin to the caseload seen before the start of the first wave. It effectively means that the latest active caseload is the lowest compared to all the lowest points during the previous three major waves in the state."
Awate said there has been no impact of the new sub-variants from the Omicron family on the number of cases in Maharashtra or hospitalisations. "While XBB has taken over BA.2.75, these sub-variants are from this same Omicron lineage. Thus, there has been no effect on virus transmission or severity."