The Omicron variant had triggered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in late December 2021 and it now ebbed in the Maharashtra state capital. Nearly 95 per cent of swab samples examined in the latest round of genome sequencing in Mumbai were found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the city civic body … Read more
Maharashtra has so far reported 54 cases of the Omicron variant. Out of these, 22 are from Mumbai, including cases found through screening at the international airport here, as per official data. Amid the fear of spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has appealed to citizens … Read more
The latest additions pushed the tally of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra to 66,48,694 while 11 more patients succumbed to the viral infection, the health department said. The overall death toll increased to 1,41,340, it said. Maharashtra on Saturday reported 854 fresh coronavirus positive cases, including eight patients of the Omicron variant, the health department said.The … Read more
Maharashtra on Friday registered a total of 25,833 new Coronavirus cases which is the highest daily tally of Coronavirus cases since the onset of the pandemic last year. Fighting against the unprecedented rise in Coronavirus cases, the Maharashtra government has asked private establishments including offices, auditoriums, and drama theatres to reduce their staff capacity to … Read more
In Maharashtra, the number of cases coming from Mumbai and Pune are now almost equivalent to the number of cases that were coming from the entire state just three weeks ago. The number of Coronavirus cases are on a rise again and from the looks of it, the increase in number has been driven by … Read more
It is pertinent to note that the state of Maharashtra registered more than 4000 new cases of Coronavirus for the first time on Wednesday after a gap of 20 days. The coronavirus night restrictions in Mumbai which had been imposed by the city police have now been lifted. The Mumbai police had imposed the night … Read more
Nearly half the tests conducted in the city are using the RAT technique. Besides, there has been no increase in testing capacity. (Representational image: IE) Mumbai will soon hit the 3-lakh mark for coronavirus infections, becoming the third Indian city to do so. More worryingly, critical cases as a proportion of active cases have been … Read more
About three and a half lakh additional rapid antigen kits have been procured for testing across all the three jurisdictions. Pune has become the worst affected city in the country as it added 1,931 new Covid-19 infections on Monday to emerge as the city giving highest number of Coronavirus cases in the country. Pune left … Read more