Maharashtra records highest-ever single-day Covid-19 spike with over 25,000 cases

Mumbai Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh said that the majority of cases in Mumbai are coming from large buildings and highrises and not slums

In what rings alarm bells Maharashtra’s daily tally crossed the 25,000-mark on Thursday — a record high since the outbreak of the viral pandemic that is sweeping the globe.

In the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR), the cases crossed the 5,000 mark. On Thursday, the state recorded 25,833 cases and 58 deaths taking the progressive total to 23,96,340 and 53,138, respectively.

The total number of active cases has climbed to 1,66,353. In Mumbai, the total cases reported were 2,877 while for the MMR, it was 5,019.

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The previous high was reported on September 11, 2020, when the state had 24,886 cases in a day. Meanwhile, 12,764 persons were discharged after treatment taking the total to 21,75,565.

During the day, the number of cases reported from Pune city was 2,791, Nashik city — 1,675 cases, Aurangabad at 1,274 cases, Nagpur saw 2,026 cases. In Amravati city, where there is a lockdown, the number of cases has reduced to 204. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reviewed the vaccination programme in the state.

As far as measures are concerned, both the Maharashtra government and the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation feels that the situation has not gone out of control in India’s financial capital.

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Mumbai City’s Guardian Minister Aslam Shaikh said that the state was reviewing the situation regularly. “There are various options for Mumbai…in the State, in some places there is night curfew (Pune and Nashik cities), while in some place market timings are being regulated…we also have total lockdown (Nagpur and Amravati cities) and have containment areas (like in Mumbai),” he said, adding that the decisions would be based on a review and needs of the state.

Shaikh also said that the majority of cases in Mumbai are coming from large buildings and highrises and not slums — and the bulk of the cases are asymptomatic. Meanwhile, the BMC has kept its jumbo field hospitals in complete readiness.