Compounding health concerns, the number of Covid-19 new cases in Maharashtra cross the 10K mark, first time since mid-October, officials said here.
The number of 'active cases' in the state stood at 88,838, with a cure rate of 93.52 per cent and a death rate of 2.38.
In an alarming situation, a BMC health team was stunned to detect 10 staffers of a popular restaurant near Andheri station as Covid-19 positive.
The restaurant was ordered shut, all other staffers are also being tested and attempts are being to track the customers who may have visited the eatery in the past few days.
Presently, a whopping 410,411 people are in home isolation while another 4,203 are in institutional quarantine in the state.
As the cases continue to increase, the state government is likely to carry out a detailed review of the Covid-19 pandemic situation vis-a-is the ongoing vaccination drive, especially in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities and towns.
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