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Maharashtra's coronavirus case count crosses 15 lakh-mark

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Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Friday crossed the 15 lakh-mark with 12,134 new cases, a health department official said. The state reported 302 deaths, which took the fatality count to 39,732. A total of 17,323 patients were also discharged from hospitals. The state now has 2,36,491 active cases. 

Mumbai city reported 2,289 positive cases, which pushed its overall case count to 2,25,073. Meanwhile, a report prepared by the National Control for Disease Control has cautioned that Delhi needs to gear up to tackle the surge of 15,000 COVID-19 cases per day in winters.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced that the MPSC exam scheduled to be held on October 11 has been postponed. This is for the third time the government has postponed th exam. CM Uddhav Thackeray said there was a demand from the candidates that they needed more time to prepare for the exam as libraries in the state are still shut due to COVID-19

Ambiguous rules of insurance for private Covid-19 warriors have led to the rejection of compensation claims of Rs 50 lakh to at least 13 private doctors in Maharashtra who lost their lives battling the virus. 

According to the state unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), 57 private doctors in the state have died of Covid-19 while performing their duty, but the state government has not acknowledged the contribution of at least 13 of them, saying their hospitals and clinics were not Covid-designated

With 2,039 new COVID cases on Thursday, Pune has become the first district in the country to cross the 3-lakh-mark. So far, 3,01,392 people have tested positive. Also, 58 COVID-related deaths were reported on Thursday; the death crossed the 7,000-mark with the total standing at 7,028. Apart from these, 1,518 patients were discharged on Thursday, from various hospitals. 

The number of recoveries stands at 2,61,565. The active cases in Pune city have come down to 14,032 of which 869 are critical — 496 are on ventilator and 373 are without. The number of patients on oxygen support in the city has come down to 2,771. On Thursday, 4,932 tests were conducted, said Dr Ashish Bharti, PMC health chief. 

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