New Delhi/Mumbai. Where on the one hand the velocity of the third wave of corona in the country (India) has intensified. At the same time, due to the increasing cases of Omicron in Maharashtra, no major decision has been taken on imposition of lockdown or mini-lockdown at present. A meeting of health department officials and ministers was held under the chairmanship of Ajit Pawar at 9 am today.
However, there seems to be a consensus in this meeting that the corona restrictions in the state will be further tightened. But for the time being, new decisions will be implemented only after a detailed discussion with the Chief Minister about this meeting.
Stricter rules and new guidelines
At the same time, according to the information, a new guideline can be issued regarding strict rules in Maharashtra today i.e. on Wednesday evening. In this guideline, restrictions in crowded places will be further tightened. At the same time, an important meeting is also started at his bungalow under the chairmanship of NCP chief Sharad Pawar on the Corona issue. Ajit Pawar, Nawab Malik Rajesh Tope, Jitendra Awhad and Dilip Walse Patil are also present in this important meeting.
Corona’s speed increasing in Maharashtra
Here now the infection of corona is increasing rapidly in Maharashtra. Even after lakhs of efforts, its speed is not taking its name to stop. On Tuesday, out of 18,466 new cases of corona that have been reported in Maharashtra, there are 10,860 cases from Mumbai alone. At present, Mumbai remains the hot spot of Corona. Earlier on Monday, more than 12 thousand corona cases were reported. In this way, 75 new cases of Omicron have also been reported in the state on Tuesday. The maximum number of cases are from Mumbai. While 9 cases have been reported from Thane-Pune, five in Panvel, three each from Kolhapur and Nagpur.
On the other hand, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that the maximum number of 653 cases were reported in Maharashtra, followed by 464 in Delhi, 185 in Kerala, 174 in Rajasthan, 154 in Gujarat. And 121 cases were reported in Tamil Nadu.
If we talk about the country, according to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, 58,097 new cases of corona have been registered in the country within the last 24 hours. Also 534 people have died. While the number of cases infected with Omicron in the country has now reached 2,135.