COVID-19 Fourth Wave: Despite Significant Spike, Severity Remains Low As 1%
by Suraj V. Digital Marketing (sr. SEO Expert)Amid a significant rise in the coronavirus cases
in the last week, the Maharashtra government held high-level cabinet meeting
on Monday, June 6.
Since the spike does not seem to be leading to any
significant increase in hospitalisations yet, the meeting was conducted to
review scrutinize this rapid increase in COVID-19 cases
in Maharashtra.
Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray chaired the meeting with the state COVID task force and
reviewed the present status of the pandemic and discussed the state's
preparedness.
Moreover, the meeting also focused on deciding to observe
the situation further before announcing any new restrictions or a revival of
the mandatory masking rule since.
After the meeting, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said
that the COVID-19 positivity rate is increasing in 6 districts including Mumbai, Thane,
Raigad and Palghar districts.
Besides, Tope offered a detailed analysis of on-ground
situation to the state cabinet. In the last seven days, Mumbai contributed
67.28 per cent of the total cases recorded in the state followed by Thane
(17.17%), Pune (7.42%), Raigad (3.36%) and Palghar (2%), the presentation
showed.
"We have taken a decision to increase testing in these
districts. We appeal to people to take the vaccination and also administer the
precaution dose, if they are eligible," he was quoted as saying by
agencies. Meanwhile, prior to meeting, Rajesh Tope had mentioned that the main
focus of their government is on vaccination. The booster dose shouldn’t be ignored.
However, the state will not be giving it for free as it is a precautionary
dose.
Tope further clarified that the cabinet has not taken the
decision to make the use of masks mandatory. Reiterating his previous
statement, the minister added: “The state cabinet has appealed to people to
wear masks even though it has not yet been made mandatory. No fine will be
imposed for not wearing masks but people will be urged to use masks to curb
spread of infection.”
“As per the data, only 1% of the positive cases are admitted
to hospitals in the state. So, severity is low and therefore it is not a major
cause of concern,” Tope noted.
For those unversed, Mumbai recorded 676 fresh cases on
Monday (out of the state’s 1,036 new cases), contributing 60%-70% cases to the
state’s daily tally since the last week of May, when the state-wide figures
began picking up. With this, the city sees a slight decline in the daily
caseload from previous day's which reported nearly 1k cases. Also, it was
lowest in the last seven days, where daily cases were recorded more than 700
for the last week.
Maharashtra recorded 1,036 fresh cases, taking the number of
active cases to 7,429. Besides, zero COVID-linked deaths were reported.
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