23/02/2021
Maharashtra records sudden jump in Covid-19 cases, triggers panic
From February 10, the number of infections has only risen. Since then, until February 22, Maharashtra has added 59,937 new cases, averaging 4,610 cases daily
By Swapnil Rawal and Rupsa Chakraborty
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2021 01:23 PM IST
A health worker leaves a residential area after conducting swab tests for Covid-19 following the rise in Coronavirus disease cases at Dharavi, in Mumbai. (PTI)
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office on Sunday morning announced he will address the state that evening at 7pm. As soon as the message was aired on television, tweets, Facebook posts, WhatsApp messages across Mumbai, Pune, and other cities wondered whether another lockdown was in the offing amid what has been unofficially been referred to as the second wave of Covid-19.
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Maharashtra records sudden jump in Covid-19 cases, triggers panic
From February 10, the number of infections has only risen. Since then, until February 22, Maharashtra has added 59,937 new cases, averaging 4,610 cases daily
By Swapnil Rawal and Rupsa Chakraborty
PUBLISHED ON FEB 23, 2021 01:23 PM IST
A health worker leaves a residential area after conducting swab tests for Covid-19 following the rise in Coronavirus disease cases at Dharavi, in Mumbai. (PTI)
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office on Sunday morning announced he will address the state that evening at 7pm. As soon as the message was aired on television, tweets, Facebook posts, WhatsApp messages across Mumbai, Pune, and other cities wondered whether another lockdown was in the offing amid what has been unofficially been referred to as the second wave of Covid-19.
From February 10, Maharashtra, which was until then witnessing a flattening of both new and active cases, began recording a jump in infections. From February 1 to 9, Maharashtra recorded an average of 2,489 cases a day. In the same period, active cases fell from 43,701 to 34,640. Due to faster recovery numbers, active cases fell to 30,265 on February 11.
But from February 10, the number of infections has only risen. Since then, until February 22, Maharashtra has added 59,937 new cases, averaging 4,610 cases daily. Active cases have risen to 53,113. As many as 22,848 cases have been reported in 11 days.