Pune, Kolhapur amongst high 5 districts of Maharashtra with COVID-19 positivity charge above state common

Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli and Raigad are the highest 5 districts in Maharashtra with weekly Covid-19 positivity charges greater than the state common.

Last week (June 27 to July 3) the positivity charge of the state was 4.50 per cent whereas that of Kolhapur was 10.24 per cent. This was a marginal enhance from 7.73 per cent recorded earlier final week (June 20-26). Satara’s positivity charge additionally stood at 9.14 per cent, up from 7.75 per cent seen per week in the past.

Pune district is not any completely different, the place the determine rose from 7.20 per cent within the week to June 20-26 final week to 7.68 per cent.

The weekly positivity charges of Sangli and Raigad stood at 8.81 per cent and seven.88 per cent respectively. Other districts the place the weekly positivity charge is greater than the state common embody Ratnagiri (7.29 per cent), Sindhudurg (6.55 per cent) and Palghar (5.26 per cent).

There are additionally districts, which had been reporting a lot greater numbers earlier, which have introduced down the weekly charge beneath 3 per cent – Nashik (2.34 per cent) and Solapur (2.96 per cent).

So far, the state has registered over 60 lakh instances of COVID-19 and 1.23 lakh deaths. While the case fatality charge is 2.01 per cent, there are at the moment 1.16 lakh lively instances. Around 40,000 are admitted in numerous hospitals and the situation of 15,019 is important. Of these, 5,215 are admitted in intensive care models in state hospitals.

Dr Subhash Salunkhe, technical advisor for COVID-19 to the Maharashtra authorities, mentioned after assessing the scenario, a minimum of 70 per cent of the grownup inhabitants must be vaccinated along with public well being measures by the top of August. took.

“To achieve this, we need to make it mandatory for every shop owner, industrial establishment and trader, small or big, to vaccinate their employees before resuming their work. This strategy will also address the issue of vaccine hesitancy,” Dr Salunkhe mentioned.