State Health Department asks all districts to flag drop in weight; says there has been a 40% rise in the number of malnourished children in Maharashtra since Covid struck
Active Covid cases have dropped from 3,000 in September to 134 this month. This is a steep drop of 96.36%. The number of daily cases has also dropped below 30, disproving initial speculations that new Omicron sub-variants could result in a surge.
In what comes as a major relief in Maharashtra after being two years under the Covid-19 pandemic, the once worst-affected state recorded the lowest figures since 18 April, 2020. During the last 24 hours, the state recorded 225 new cases and zero deaths taking the progressive total to 78,69,038 and 1,43,740, respectively. According to the Integrated Disease Surveillance