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Updated Mar 07, 2021 | 16:53 IST
The three-member team comprising Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Nipun Vinayak, visited the state on March 1 and 2 to review the COVID-19 situation in the state. Representational Image | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Pandemic fatigue, lack of fear of the disease among people and super spreaders are among possible factors behind the surge in the cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra, a central team of experts that visited the state has said, urging the state to not let its guard down.
The three-member team comprising Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Nipun Vinayak, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Deputy Director Sanket Kulkarni and National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases Professor Ashish Ranjan visited the state on March 1 and 2 to review the COVID-19 situation in the state.
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra could be due to lack of fear of the disease among people and pandemic fatigue, the Centre said today while asking the state to not let its guard down.
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New infections cross 18,000 for the first time since January
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Long queues seen at the COVID mobile testing centre at ENT hospital in Visakhapatnam. File
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New infections cross 18,000 for the first time since January
New coronavirus infections reported on Saturday crossed 18,000, for the first time since January.
According to the Union Health Ministry 18,327 new cases were reported, with Maharashtra reporting the maximum at 10,216, followed by Kerala at 2,776 and Punjab at 808. The Centre has dispatched teams to Maharashtra and Kerala to visit hotspots and “ascertain reasons for the surge.” India has 1,77,435 active cases and 11.12 million confirmed infections since March.