Uddhav Thackeray to hold key meeting over Covid-19 lockdown; cases cross 25,000-mark in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his deputy Ajit Pawar will maintain a gathering with few key ministers on Thursday to evaluation the present financial state of affairs of the state within the backdrop of Covid-19 lockdown, information company ANI reported.

The ministers will even talk about the measures to be taken for the revival of the state’s financial system. Thackeray and his colleagues are prone to talk about the post-lockdown financial revival plan for the state.

Maharashtra is the worst-affected state resulting from Covid-19. According to Union well being ministry replace on Thursday morning, the state had 25,922 Covid-19 positive instances and 975 deaths.

The state recorded 1,495 Covid-19 instances on Wednesday – its highest single-day soar. It additionally registered 54 deaths because of the illness yesterday.

The nation’s worst-affected metropolis, Mumbai, additionally breached the 15,000-mark on Wednesday with 800 new instances, taking its rely to 15,747.

Of the 54 deaths recorded on Wednesday, 40 have been in Mumbai, six in Pune, two every in Jalgaon, Solapur and Aurangabad and one every in Vasai-Virar and Ratnagiri. More than 50% of the state’s Covid-19 cades have come within the month of May alone. Between May 1 to May 13, Maharashtra has clocked 13,820 instances, which is 53.31 per cent of the whole instances. The complete variety of sufferers recovered until date is 5,547.

To ease the strain of the state police for imposing the lockdown, the state authorities has requested for 20 corporations of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). Thackeray has earlier indicated that the state may search further forces from the Centre to offer a break to the state police drive in phases.

The state’s different hotspots embody Pune metropolis, with 2,830 instances, Thane with 1,122 instances, Navi Mumbai with 1,018 instances, Malegaon with 617 instances and Aurangabad with 586 instances.

The state has until date examined 2,30,857 samples at each, authorities and personal labs.

(With inputs from ANI)