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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