Maharashtra reported 6,281 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The Covid-19 caseload in the state rose to 2,093,913, while 40 fatalities took the death toll to 51,753. As on today, the number of active cases in the state is 48439. On December 9, Maharashtra had registered 4,981 cases following which the single-day number of cases started to come down. But as the upward trend is being witnessed since last week continuing for days and the trajectory is only moving upwards.
The second consecutive day Maharashtra reported more than 6,000 new Coronavirus cases yesterday. This striking number of cases were registered after a gap of more than three months indicating a worrying situation for the state.
Also, Saturday’s case number in Capital Mumbai touched to nearly 900 fresh cases which is the highest single-day spike since December At the beginning of the week, Mumbai’s daily Covid-19 count was below 500. Since Wednesday, the count crossed the 700-mark. Due to the grave situation, the city has been brought under strong surveillance.
The city civic body has sealed more than one thousand residential buildings having more than five Covid-19 patients. Besides, it also continued to fine maskless people at public places. It has collected Rs.27 Lakh in fines from more than thirteen thousand people for the same yesterday.
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