Maharashtra government has extended the lockdown till 7 am on June 1. With this, negative RT-PCR has been made mandatory for all people coming from outside states. According to the new order, anyone entering the state's border by any means must show their negative corona report. The death toll of corona-infected patients in the state is raising concern. In the last 24 hours, 816 patients died and 46,781 new patients were found. Now the total positive cases in the state have increased to 52.2 lakhs. The total figure of the dead has reached 78,007.
The number of deaths has also increased in Mumbai. Concerns about this were expressed in the state cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. It was told during the meeting that the death rate (death rate) in Mumbai from April 14 to April 20 was 0.6%, which rose from April 21 to April 27 to 1.14%. This is followed by 2.27% from 28 April to 4 May. After a slight decrease on Tuesday, 66 people died here on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, 51 patients died here. However, 50% of the patients who died already had some diseases other than corona. The death toll in Mumbai has risen to 13,972. Which is 18% of the total deaths in the state. 2,700 patients are still admitted to the Critical Care Unit in Mumbai.
The number of infected in Mumbai has also seen a slight increase compared to the last two days. On Wednesday, 2,104 new patients were found here. While 1,717 patients have been found here on Monday and 1,782 on Tuesday. With this, the number of total infected has reached 6 lakh 81 thousand 233.
Death rate crossed 5 in these districts
During the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, concern has been expressed about the rising death rate in small districts like Nandurbar, Nanded, Latur, and Osmanabad. The mortality rate in Nandurbar and Nanded has risen to over 5%, while it is over 2.3% in Latur and Osmanabad. On the other hand, the number of people who are daily discharged in the state is also increasing continuously. Now there are 5.4 lakh active patients in the state, out of which 36, 595 patients are from Mumbai.
The figures of infected patients in the state do not appear to be satisfactory, so in the cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, all the members had proposed to increase the lockdown till 31 May. On which the official announcement to increase the lockdown was granted on Wednesday.
Simultaneously, vaccination of people between 18 years and 44 years has been stopped citing lack of vaccines in the state. Vaccines for these will now be applied to those above 45 years of age. The Health Minister said that after May 20, the Serum Institute has promised to give 1.5 crore vaccines. Vaccination will be resumed if that dose is found.
BMC will buy 1 crore vaccine
To increase the speed of vaccination of Covid-19, BMC has decided to buy 10 million doses. For this, BMC has released Global Expression of Interest (EOI) on Wednesday. Vaccine companies can apply till 1 pm on May 18.
The nodal officer should be for helpers: High Court
During the hearing of a PIL filed for the vaccination process, the Mumbai High Court on Wednesday said that the state government should appoint a nodal officer to contact film stars and politicians who are helping people on social media. . A petitioner's lawyer told the court, "People are asking for help on social media from film stars and politicians.
The high court asked the government - what did they do for children
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Senior advocate Anil Sakhre, appearing for BMC, told the court that by April 2021, 10,000 children under 10 years of age were hit by Covid-19, of which 17 have died.
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