Maharashtra Covid-19 Cases: Today 236 new cases of corona have been registered in Maharashtra. At the same time, the number of active patients of Corona in the state is 1 thousand 308. The highest number of active patients are in Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Nashik and Ahmednagar.
52 cases of corona registered in Mumbai
If we talk about Mumbai, then 52 new cases of corona were registered in Mumbai alone today i.e. on Sunday. With this, the number of active corona patients in Mumbai has increased to 279. Currently 17 corona patients are hospitalized in Mumbai, out of which 6 patients are on oxygen. At the same time, during the investigation, 52 patients were found in whom symptoms of corona were not seen.
According to the information, the recovery rate from Corona in Mumbai is 98.3%. Let us inform that there has been a sudden increase in the cases of corona in Maharashtra since last one week. In the last 2 months, less than 50 cases were being reported daily in the state.
health ministry worried about increasing cases of corona in maharashtra
The Union Health Ministry has also expressed concern over the increase in corona cases in Maharashtra. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sanjay Khandare on Thursday, in which he said that till March 8, there were 355 cases of corona in Maharashtra, which increased to 668 till March 15. It was further said in the letter that till March 15, the corona positivity rate in Maharashtra was 1.92, which was higher than India’s positivity rate of 0.61 percent.
Officer told why corona cases are increasing in the state
On the other hand, regarding the increasing cases of corona in the state, former state monitoring officer Dr. Pradeep Awate said that due to the increasing daily temperature difference across the state, the cases of corona are increasing. He said that when there is a big difference of more than 15 degrees continuously between the maximum and minimum temperature, it provides a suitable environment for the virus to flourish. He said that there was a huge fluctuation in temperature between January and March this year due to which corona virus There was an increase in the cases of
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