Maharashtra reported 48,700 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the state health bulletin on Monday. The state also recorded 71,736 discharges and 524 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total cases in the state mounted to 43,43,727 including 6,74,770 active cases and 36,01,796 discharges. The death toll, however, surged to 65,284 including the new deaths.
Hanuman Jayanti is being celebrated today. Amid the rising covid cases and pressure that the administration is going through, Health Minister Rajesh Tope on the occassion of Hanuman Jayanti prayed for the well being of the state.
The minister took to Twitter and wrote,"Hey Bajrangbali ...Give strength to all who are trying to solve the world's corona crisis ...Best wishes to all on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti."
"Maharashtra has consistently been at the forefront of vaccination in the country. So far, 1,43,42,716 citizens have been vaccinated and if today's number is added up, this number is around 1 crore 48 lakh and after tomorrow's vaccinations, Maharashtra will cross the stage of vaccination of 1.5 crore citizens", said the Principal Secretary of the Health Department Dr Pradip Vyas in a press conference today.
"Maharashtra is ahead of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in terms of the number of vaccination centres. It includes 5,347 government and 808 private vaccination centres", he said.