Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray (left) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | PMO India/Twitter
Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office claimed that Uddhav Thackeray had contacted the Prime Minister’s Office about the acute shortage of medical oxygen and antiviral drug remdesivir, but was told that Modi was campaigning in West Bengal, reported
Fress Press Journal and India Today on Saturday. The fifth phase of voting is underway for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
There has been no response from Modi regarding the allegations, but Union minister Piyush Goyal has rejected the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office’s statement.
Around 280 metric tonnes of oxygen are required in Mumbai alone, as the demand has been rising with the increase in Covid-19 infections, according to India Today.
Maharashtra s capital Mumbai added 9,989 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Mumbai s active cases have climbed to 92,464, while the recoveries have jumped to 4,14,641.
Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 21:32 IST
Maharashtra COVID-19 news: The number of active cases in Maharashtra crossed one lakh to reach 1,06,070. Maharashtra recorded 14,317 new coronavirus cases on March 11, 2021 | Photo Credit: AP, File Image
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 14,317 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day spike this year, which took its caseload to 22,66,374, a health official said. With 57 fatalities, the death toll reached 52,667, he said.
On October 7 the state had reported 14,578 cases after which the number of daily cases had declined. As many as 7,193 patients were discharged from hospitals on Thursday, taking the total of recoveries to 21,06,400.
The number of active cases in the state crossed one lakh to reach 1,06,070. On November 6 the state had reported 1,02,099 active cases and the numbers had dwindled after that. However, since February 14 new cases have surged.