Uddhav government accepts the second wave of Coronavirus in Maharashtra

Mumbai, 17 March 2021: After the central team visited six districts and municipal corporations in Maharashtra, the Uddhav government admitted that the state is suffering from the second wave of the Coronavirus. At the same time, the government has started taking measures to stop the spread. Maharashtra had the highest number of 24,619 cases on 17 September during the first wave. After this, it was reduced to just less than two thousand in February. One thousand nine hundred twenty-seven cases were reported in the state on February 2. At the same time, after 17 days in Maharashtra, Corona recorded 17,864 cases on Tuesday.

Eighty-seven people died on Tuesday, after which the number of corona cases in the state has increased to 2347328. At the same time, the figure of the dead also increased to 52,996. Currently, there are 138812 active cases in the state. Corona has a mortality rate of 2.49 percent and a recovery rate of 95.66 percent.

Three senior officials from central institutions visited Mumbai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, and Aurangabad districts/cities between 7 and 12 March. The central team said a second wave has started in the state. In a letter sent by the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, the Center has spoken about limited tracing, fewer tests, etc. The Center has asked the state to improve its health infrastructure.

At the same time, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that any suggestion for the betterment of the system is welcome and will be taken positively. Cases are indeed increasing during the second wave in Maharashtra, which is a cause for concern. But at the same time, our CFR is around 0.5%, which used to be 2.5% in the previous month. We have a sufficient number of beds, ICU beds available in hospitals. Tope said that as per the recommendations made by the Center, about 125,000 tests are being done per day in the state.

State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate said that the second wave is being seen in the state, and the peak number of the first wave could also be exceeded. “There is no doubt that we see an increase in cases, but we have started changing our health infrastructure,” said Awate.