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Maharashtra records 11,877 new cases as Mumbai sees rise in infections

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 11,877 fresh COVID-19 cases, 2,707 more than the day before, and 50 Omicron infections, the state health department said in a bulletin. The state reported nine fatalities, which increased the overall COVID-19 toll to 1,41,542. Maharashtra is now left with 42,024 active cases, the bulletin said. Of the new 11,877 cases, 7,792 are from Mumbai, it said. However, as per the Mumbai civic body, the number of new cases detected in the city on Sunday was 8,063. The Mumbai region including satellite cities and neighbouring districts reported 10,394 infections nearly 90 per cent of the total cases in the state. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data showed the city had reported 809 cases on December 27, which meant the tally jumped by almost 10 times as on Sunday. On Saturday, Maharashtra had reported 9,170 cases. More than ten ministers and at least 20 MLAs in Maharashtra have tested positive for coronavirus so far, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit P

Maharashtra sees 11,877 new Covid-19 cases; 50 Omicron infections

Of the 11,877 cases, 7,792 are from Mumbai

NCB official called up panch to sign back-dated papers, claims Nawab Malik

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Sunday fired a fresh salvo at the Narcotics Control Bureau, alleging that an NCB officer called a 'panch' to sign back-dated panchnama papers in a case. Malik's comments came days after the NCB approached the Bombay High Court to cancel the bail granted to his son-in-law in a drugs case. When contacted, an NCB official refuted Malik's allegations and termed them as "false and baseless". Addressing reporters, Malik also released two audio clips - one of a conversation purportedly between an NCB officer calling a panch (witness) 'Maddy' to sign back-dated papers related to a case. Another audio was of a phone call purportedly between the panch and NCB's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, whose tenure with the central anti-drugs agency ended on December 31. The NCB's falsehood doesn't seem to stop...the way officers have made bogus cases by getting signatures from witnesses on blank papers, implicating people in false cases. And now, to set th

Omicron tally in India rises to 1,525; maximum cases in Maharashtra

Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 460 cases, followed by Delhi at 351, Gujarat 136, Tamil Nadu 117 and Kerala 109.

Maharashtra sees no let-up in Covid cases, but Omicron spread eases

Maharashtra records 9,170 new Covid cases on Saturday, including six Omicron infections

Lockdown not under discussion: Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope

The imposition of lockdown in the state was not being discussed at present, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here on Saturday.

10 Maharashtra ministers, 20 MLAs infected with Covid: Ajit Pawar

'I want to appeal to the people that they need to understand that Covid is increasing rapidly, as a result of which we had to cut short our assembly session to 5 days only,' says Deputy CM

'Lockdown stage' approaching, CM will decide, says Maharashtra minister

The stage of imposing a fresh lockdown is approaching in Maharashtra but Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will take a call on it, state minister Vijay Wadettiwar said

After Hindustan Unilever, Colgate items to go off shelves in Maharashtra

Distributors in state to stop supplying Colgate products in phases from January 1

Asheesh Pandey takes charge of Bank of Maharashtra's executive director

Pandey replaced Hemant Kumar Tamta who demitted office after completion of his term

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik records 113 new cases and 46 recoveries

As many as 46 persons were discharged from hospitals, while one died of the infection during the day

India's Omicron tally crosses 1,000-mark, Maharashtra tops with 450 cases

With 309 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected in the last 24 hours, India's Omicron tally on Friday rose to 1,270 cases. Of total, 374 have been discharged.

Maharashtra govt announces fresh curbs in wake of rising Covid cases

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government on Thursday announced fresh curbs on attendance at weddings, social, political, religious events and funerals.

Maharashtra reports jump in cases with 5,368 new Covid-19 infections

In a major spike, Maharashtra on Thursday reported 5,368 new coronavirus infections and 198 cases of the Omicron variant, the state health department said. The day before, the state had recorded 3,900 new COVID-19 cases. The deaths of 22 coronavirus patients were reported on Thursday. One of them, a 52-year-old man with a travel history to Nigeria who died of a heart attack on December 28, tested positive for Omicron on Thursday. But his death had nothing to do with the infection, the health bulletin said. The patient had been admitted to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital. He also had diabetes for the last 13 years, it said. The caseload of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 66,70,754, while death toll reached 1,41,518. The number of active cases in the state rose to 18,217. In a span of 10 days from December 21 to 30 the new daily cases surged from 825 to 5,368. Maharashtra on Thursday reported 198 new cases of the Omicron variant, .

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik records first Omicron case; 82 fresh infections

With this, the district's Covid tally has risen to 413,845

Maharashtra sees big jump in Covid-19 infection count with 5,368 new cases

The state's recovery rate stands at 97.55 per cent

Karnataka bandh decision taken back after talks with CM Bommai

The bandh call was given to condemn the burning of the Kannada flag and demanding a ban on the Maharashtra Ekikarana Samithi

PM wanted BJP-NCP tie-up for Maharashtra govt, I rejected offer: Pawar

A fresh political row erupted after NCP President Sharad Pawar reiterated that PM Modi was keen for an NCP-BJP alliance government in Maharashtra after the October 2019 Assembly polls

Maharashtra: 493 new Covid-19 cases in Thane; over 100% jump in one day

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported an over 100 per cent rise in new COVID-19 cases in one day. The district recorded 493 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as compared to 241 on Tuesday, taking the overall infection tally here to 5,73,173, an official said on Thursday. The virus also claimed the life of one more person, which raised the death toll in the district to 11,616, the official said, adding that the COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 2.03 per cent. In neighbouring Palghar district, the COVID-19 case count has gone up to 1,39,312, while the death toll has reached 3,320, another official said.

Maharashtra sees 3,900 Covid infections; Tope says rise in cases 'alarming'

The state recorded 20 fresh deaths, taking the number of fatalities to 1,41,496, the health department said