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- Published: May 11, 2020 20:50
New Delhi: The coronavirus outbreak has hugely impacted Maharashtra including the financial capital Mumbai, as the pandemic is increasing at a galloping speed in the state.
As per the latest figures, the cases in the country rose by over 4,000 on Monday while the recovery rate also continued to go up at 31.15 with the total number of cases now 67,152.
However, Maharashtra accounted for almost a third of the total cases. Out of 67,152 cases, more than 22,000 Corona cases have been reported from Maharashtra alone. Gujarat is the second most affected state followed by Tamil Nadu.
At the regular media briefing on the COVID-19 situation, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in Health Ministry, said 44,029 people are under active medical supervision.
“The total number of recoveries is 20,917 and 44,029 people are under active medical supervision. In the last 24 hours, there were 4,213 new cases and 1,559 recoveries. Recovery rate is now at 31.15 per cent. The total number of cases is at 67,152,” he said.
Agarwal also appealed to people not to hide symptoms of COVID-19 but step out and get timely treatment if they are infected with the coronavirus.
“We have to try together that whoever develops symptoms of COVID-19 should not hide, rather step out and get timely treatment. If we do not do this, we will not only be ill but put our families’ health at risk,” he added.
Cases in Maharashtra continue to rise and stood at 22,171 on Monday. Gujarat has 8,194 COVID-19 cases and Tamil Nadu 8002 cases.
Harsh Vardhan visited the COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Mandoli Jail in the national capital to review status of COVID-19 management. He said that continuously observing personal and respiratory etiquettes, social distancing would reap rich dividends in fight against COVID-19.
Having decided to partially restore services in a graded manner from May 12, the Railway Ministry on Monday announced the timings of 15 pairs of special trains.
The Railways has operated 468 “Shramik Special” trains till Monday. The Home Ministry said that over a hundred trains will operate daily for the next few weeks to facilitate faster movement of stranded workers to their native places. (ANI)