Maharashtra crosses 25,000 coronavirus cases with highest peak in a single day

Mumbai

Maharashtra reported 1,495 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day peak in the state, totaling 25,992, while the number of deaths rose to 975 with 54 people dying of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, Health department officials said. The state capital Mumbai broke the 15,000 mark today with 800 new cases bringing its count to 15,747. Mumbai is the most affected city in India; It also represents 40 of the 54 deaths in the state in the last 24 hours.

Mumbai also represents 21 percent of the total COVID-19 cases in the country. With a death rate of 3.71, 60 percent of total deaths in the state also come from the metropolis.

For six days in a row, Maharashtra reported more than 1,000 cases daily. A total of 422 patients have been discharged from hospitals, bringing the number of recovered patients to 5,547, an official said.

Dharavi of Mumbai, Asia’s largest slum group, now has more than a thousand cases. Pune, another COVID-19 access point, has more than 2,800 cases.

The center has declared Mumbai as one of the hot spots for COVID-19 in the country and authorities have taken various measures to contain the spread of the virus in its densely populated slums.

Mumbai has increased testing with more than 2,30,000 samples analyzed so far. Almost 3 lakh people are quarantined in the home, while more than 14,000 people are in institutional quarantine.

A national blockade has been in place since March 25 to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus that has spread twice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday ‘Lockdown 4’ that it will be implemented with contributions and suggestions from the states.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in an online address last Friday, said any other extension to the blockade will depend on how people behave and their strict adherence to the blockade rules.

“We have to get out of the confinement one day or another. We cannot live permanently in this way. But to get out of this sooner, you must follow the rules and maintain the discipline of social distancing and wear a mask.” Mr. Thackeray had said.