“Akola, Amravati, Yavatmal, Buldana, Wardha and Nagpur are the six districts (in Vidarbha) that have reported a steady increase in coronavirus numbers. The other two districts where cases have increased are Mumbai and Pune, although this could be due to migration, not maintaining the COVID-19 protocol such as wearing masks, etc., “said the official. He said 75 samples from Akola and Yavatmal and 100 from Amravati were sent to NIV, Pune to check if the virus had mutated.
Maharashtra and Mumbai on Friday reported a steady increase in Covid-19 cases with more than 6,000 single-day infections in the state, even as Mumbai surpassed its two-month high.
Maharashtra crossed its 75-day record on Thursday. The state reported 6,112 cases on Friday, of these 823 are in Mumbai. Pune reported 1,015 new COVID-19 cases, 493 recoveries and 6 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the health department. The total death toll has reached 9,171.
The state had reported more than 6,000 cases in a single day on the previous October 30, and the numbers had been steadily declining since then, the Indian Express reported.
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