Maharashtra today recorded 425 new coronavirus cases, a drop of 269 cases from the day before, and zero deaths, the health department said in a bulletin. The state’s COVID-19 infection tally rose to 81,44,111, while death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,441. The number of active cases stand at 3,090. State capital Mumbai recorded 177 cases on Friday, followed by Pune city which recorded 50 new cases.
Claiming that the Delhi government was prepared to fight the spike in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said: “We request patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) and Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) to mask up, though there has been no mandate from the Centre in this regard so far. We are conducting genome sequencing of all Covid cases that are being detected. 7,986 beds have been set aside for Covid, including oxygen, ICU and ventilator beds.” Delhi recorded 295 fresh Covid cases yesterday, taking the active caseload to 932, a government health bulletin showed.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has made wearing of face masks mandatory at all government hospitals across the state from Saturday, owing to an increase in Coronavirus positive cases. Doctors, nurses, medical staff, patients and visitors have been asked to ensure cent percent compliance at around 11,300 health facilities because infection initially started in hospitals, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said today. On Thursday, India witnessed a single-day rise of 3,095 fresh Covid-19 cases with the active caseload increasing to 15,208, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
