Maharashtra: No Need To Panic As Fourth Wave Is Not Emerging Currently, Says Rajesh Tope
by Suraj V. Digital Marketing (sr. SEO Expert)Despite a rise in the coronavirus cases
across Maharashtra,
state health minister Rajesh Tope assured that there is no scenario of
fourth wave emerging currently.
He also clarified that there is no need to panic as new
infections are largely restricted to two to four districts.
These statements come at a time when the daily case load in
the Maharashtra has seen a significant spike this month. Moreover, state health
department officials said that the new cases are restricted to a small cluster
in these districts, however, they reiterate that it is not a cause of concern.
According to reports, on Thursday, May 12, Maharashtra added
231 new cases of COVID-19, with a chunk of them reported from Mumbai, Thane, and Pune districts.
A day earlier, on Wednesday, May 11, recorded 221 COVID-19 cases, more than
half of them in Mumbai, and one fatality due to the infection.
The city added 139 new cases, while the Pune district saw 41
cases, followed by Thane district with 19.
As per the data, there has been a 32.5 per cent increase in
COVID-19 cases recorded in Mumbai in the last two weeks.
Tope, while talking to reporters, said during a meeting
organised by the Union health ministry in Gujarat last week, he interacted with
his counterparts from Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, which have also reported
a rise in new coronavirus cases in the last few weeks.
The rate of rise in number of cases is low. If there are
125-150 cases (daily) in Maharashtra, and that too in certain pockets like
Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik then you can see there is cluster concentration
in these two to four districts. That does not mean there is a panicky situation
and that the fourth wave is
imminent... that is not the case, Tope said.
He further added that the department is keeping a tab on the
daily cases. In case the infections continue to rise, we will take steps as per
the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) guidelines.
Similarly, Thane has recorded a 49.12% jump while the Pune
district saw a 26.58% jump in COVID-19 during the same period.
Reports also mentioned that Thane had 114 cases which increased
to 170 between May 4 and May 10. Meanwhile, Pune district, which comprises Pune
rural, Pune city, and Pimpri-Chinchwad, saw 281 cases between May 4 and 10, as
opposed to 222 the previous week. The rest of the districts have seen a 35.8
per cent increase in cases between the two weeks.
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