Maharashtra has witnessed a call daily Covid-19 workload, test positivity and growth rates within the past few days. However, eight districts have reported positivity rate above the state average. As per data, none of the districts have a test positivity rate over 5% mark, which went on after an extended time.
The state on Wednesday recorded 3,608 new Covid cases and 48 deaths, taking tally to six,531,237 and toll to 138,664. Mumbai reported 486 new cases and 4 deaths, pushing tally to 739,361 and toll to 16,063. The day also saw 168,317 tests while the amount of recoveries clocked 4,285.
The weekly positivity rate of Maharashtra is 2.28%, though eight districts have a better positivity rate. Positivity rate is that the percentage of positive cases against tests conducted. The districts with high positivity rates are Ahmednagar (4.78%), Pune (4.62%), Sangli (3.97%), Sindhudurg (3.46%), Osmanabad (3.40%), Nashik (2.94%), Palghar (2.56%) and Satara (2.37%),
According to Dr Rahul Pandit, a member of the state Covid task force and director of critical care, Fortis Hospital, Mulund, said things was in check. “We are in a very far better situation compared to previous weeks. we’ve got stepped up surveillance in areas where cases are high and are concentrating on bringing the numbers down,” said Dr Pandit.
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has directed district administrations to build vaccination. “The state features a stock of around 3.6 million doses available for inoculation. The districts with the poor rate of vaccination should ramp it up. Vaccines tend to blunt the severity of Covid-19 and death rate among fully vaccinated people is a smaller amount. Though Covid cases have dropped within the state, authorities mustn’t lower their guard,” he said.
Meanwhile, 10 districts within the state have weekly Covid-19 rate of growth beyond the state average of 0.052%. These include Ahmednagar (0.202%) Solapur (0.116%), Satara (0.094%), Sangli (0.082%), Ratnagiri (0.080%), Osmanabad (0.078%), Raigad (0.073%), Pune (0.066%), Mumbai (0.060%) and Sindhudurg (0.058%).
Weekly data of the government has revealed that 10 districts have reported 73.3% of the full active cases within the state. These include Pune, Thane, Ahmednagar, Mumbai and Satara.
Dr Ishwar Gilada, secretary-general of Organised Medicine Academic Guild, said both authorities and citizens are chargeable for this impasse. “Districts like Ahmednagar, Pune and Sangli are witnessing surge from the very beginning and therefore the authorities are unable to rein within the virus. Citizens, too, flout Covid-19 norms,” said Dr Gilada.
The total number of active patients in Maharashtra currently stands at 39,984, of which Pune tops with 11,344 patients followed by Thane with 5,507 active patients and Ahmednagar with 5,100.
