The health ministry on Thursday said that about sixty per cent of India’s active Covid-19 caseload has been reported from Maharashtra. On Wednesday, the state reported 23,179 new cases of coronavirus, which is the highest single-day infection count so far in 2021. This is also the sixth-highest one-day spike of infection cases in the state since the pandemic began last year.
The state had reported its first Covid-19 case in March last year. The daily number of cases had started rising gradually and in September last year, more than one lakh cases were added in Maharashtra within a span of merely a week. The cases, however, started declining around the end of 2020.
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Worst-affected districts:
Pune- 445319
Nagpur- 178616
Mumbai Municipal Corporation- 347597
Thane – 295494
Nashik – 139820
Aurangabad – 61206
Jalgaon- 70867
Pune Muncipal Corporation- 228180
Latur- 27264
Akola- 20856
Check District-wise report here:
The state is once again reporting a spike in its caseload. Experts have attributed the resumption of Mumbai local trains and laxity in following Covid-19 protocol as reasons behind the corona surge.
