Maharashtra maybe seeing 4th COVID wave, 54% surge in cases as govt makes masks mandatory
Aaditya Thackeray asked people not to panic, get booster dose.
Maharashtra environment and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said the state could be seeing the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, while urging people not to panic.
The western state has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases for the past one week and the daily tally has been over the 1,000-mark for the last five days.
On Sunday, Maharashtra added 1,494 cases which pushed the total figure to 78,93,197. As many as 614 patients recovered and one more patient succumbed to the virus, taking the total number of recoveries and deaths to 77,38,564 and 1,47,866 respectively.
Maharashtra government has also made masks in public places mandatory again in light of rising cases.
The state has seen a 54% rise in reported COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, with 700 of the new 1,018 infections recorded in Mumbai itself.