Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said that although COVID-19 cases in the state are rising, there is no need to panic. He added that similar trends are seen in states such as Punjab, UP and Delhi, however, most of the people infected have only mild symptoms.
"COVID-19 cases are rising in Punjab, UP and Delhi. I spoke with their Health Ministers. They said cases are rising but there's only mild symptoms and people are recovering in home isolation. In Maharashtra, cases are rising but not rapidly, so no need to panic," he said.
Maharashtra today reported 221 new COVID-19 cases and one death. There are 1,412 active cases as on date in the state.
Meanwhile, the Public Health Department in its presentation to the state cabinet today said only four districts comprising Buldhana (2.23%), Aurangabad (2.12%), Mumbai (1.79%) and Pune (1.65%) have high positivity rate against the state’s weekly positivity rate of 1%. On the other hand, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Latur, Nandurbar and Ratnagiri have zero positivity rate.
Further, during May 4 and 10, 1,447 new COVID patients were reported in the state of which 1,337 were in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Raigad and Ahmednagar and 110 in the remaining districts.
