Two Maharashtra District to go under complete lockdown as the Covid-19 cases rises

Central team of experts that visited Covid-affected Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra have suggested a total lockdown in the two districts. The team expressed concern as to why the transmission was not stopping in the two districts despite a series of measures in place.

“There are 10 districts which have a higher positivity rate as compared to the rest of the state and the Central team that visited some of them has emphasised on measures like testing, contact tracing, and vaccination…We are following all protocols,” Rajesh Tope, state health minister, reportedly said.

According to Dr Shashank Joshi, expert with the state Covid task force, the trend of coronavirus infection is picking up in districts such as Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, and Pune rural and even Ahmednagar and Nandurbar (which are showing upward trend due to a low denominator).

“The entire Western belt of Maharashtra is a cause of concern…We have an active virus in circulation and something is not going right,” Dr Joshi added.

Maharashtra’s coronavirus cases climbed to 62,20,207 on Monday after 6,017 people tested positive, the lowest since February 22, while the death toll reached to 1,27,097 as 66 patients died, a health department official said. The fresh COVID-19 deaths were the lowest in the last one week.

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