New Delhi/Mumbai. Where on the one hand, the cases of corona are increasing rapidly in Maharashtra every day. At the same time, due to this, there is also a serious threat of Third Wave in Maharashtra. Along with this, State Health Secretary Pradeep Vyas has also warned that by the third week of January of the new year, the number of active cases in Maharashtra is likely to increase to two lakhs. They also say that in this third wave, if there were 80 lakh corona cases in the state and 1% of them died, then this time a total of 80 thousand deaths can happen in Maharashtra.
It is clear from this that the number of COVID infections is increasing in the third wave. Actually Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Dr. Pradeep Vyas said in a letter to all the district collectors and health officials late on Friday night that if 80 lakh corona cases come in the third wave. In this, even if a 1% case fatality is now estimated, we can now also record 80000 deaths in the state.
Along with this, Dr. Pradeep Vyas wrote in this letter that Omicron should not consider the variant as lighter and less lethal. It is equally fatal for those who have not been vaccinated. So please improve vaccination and save lives.
Let us know that 9,170 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, while 7 patients died. After which now the total number of infected in the state has increased to 66,87,991 and the number of dead has increased to 1,41,533. Apart from this, 1,445 people have returned home after getting corona free.
At the same time, Mumbai has now become a hotspot of Omicron, as well as experts believe that the community of Omicron has spread in Mumbai. Because there are many such cases where neither any travel history is being seen nor contact tracing is being possible. Talking about the last 24 hours, 6,347 new cases have been reported in Mumbai and 1 patient has died here. At the same time, 451 people have been freed from Corona in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 22,334 active patients in the city.
Significantly, 10 ministers and 20 MLAs of Maharashtra have been found corona infected. State Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar gave this information on Saturday. On the other hand, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national secretary Pankaja Munde has been found infected with Corona on Saturday. Along with Pankaja, the report of her son has also come positive. Let us tell you that the BJP leader has come positive for the second time, before that she was also infected in April 2021.