Maharashtra: A total of 190 people tested COVID19 positive cases out of which 185 are students and 5 are teachers Washim district of Maharashtra. The area has been declared a containment zone.
Among 190, four are staff members and most of the infected students are from Amravati and Yavatmal — the two districts in Maharashtra worst-hit by the Covid-19.
Maharashtra of over 8,807 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the state health bulletin said on Wednesday.
The Centre has also asked states to look into strict, comprehensive surveillance and stringent containment to curb the spread of the virus.
The Centre has written to States — Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and J&K — which are witnessing a daily surge in the number of daily COVID-19 cases directing an increase in the proportion of RT-PCR tests while ensuring that those testing negative with Rapid Antigen be retested by RT-PCR.
You can track coronavirus cases, deaths, and testing rates at the national and State levels here. A list of State Helpline numbers is available as well.
Recently Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the government would come to know within the next fifteen days whether or not the State was facing a ‘second wave’ of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Minister Yashomati Thakur said Amravati district in the Vidarbha region would be placed under a lockdown from 8 p.m. on Monday to 8 a.m. on March 1.
Mr. Thackeray further warned that the administration would be taking strict punitive action against citizens and businesses not adhering to pandemic regulations.
