3 663 new coronavirus cases in Maha CM says follow norms or face lockdown

    Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) Maharashtra reported 3,663 new
coronavirus cases on Tuesday, continuing the trend of increase
in cases in the last few days, a health official said.
    It also recorded 39 new fatalities.
    Health Minister Rajesh Tope said there was no reason
to panic but safety norms must be followed, while Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned that if people did not follow
social distancing and wear mask, another lockdown may follow.
    The caseload in the state reached 20,71,306 while
death toll rose to 51,591, said a health official.
    Since last Wednesday, Maharashtra has been reporting
more than 3,000 cases on daily basis. On Sunday, it recorded
4,092 cases, highest single-day spike in more than a month,
    The number of districts showing rise in active COVID-
19 patients has increased in the last few days, the government
data showed.
    There has been relaxation in travel restrictions since
February 1 which could have been one of the factors behind the
increase in numbers, said a health department official.
    As many as 2,700 patients were discharged on Tuesday,
taking the tally of recovered people to 19,81,408.
    The recovery rate of the state is 95.66 per cent.
    There are 1,82,970 people in home quarantine while
1,726 are in institutional quarantine.
    With this, the number of active cases is 37,125.
    Nagpur city reported highest 502 new coronavirus cases
on Tuesday, followed by Mumbai at 461 cases.
    Pune city reported 311 new cases and Amravati city
reported 310 cases, officials said.
    Mumbai division reported 862 cases, taking the
cumulative caseload to 7,06,303, while death toll in the
region reached 19,712.
    Nashik division's COVID-19 tally increased to 2,81,933
with a death count of 5,181.
    The number of total cases in the Pune division stood
at 5,10,158 and deaths at 11,678.
    Kolhapur division has reported 1,18,822 cases and
4,042 deaths while Aurangabad division has reported 76,519
cases and 2,016 deaths so far.
    Akola division has reported 79,205 cases and 1,662
deaths so far, while Nagpur division's COVID-19 case tally
stands at 2,14,319 and death toll at 4,733.
    The state has carried out 1,53,96,444 coronavirus
tests so far with 37,418 tests carried out on Tuesday.
    Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows:
Positive cases: 20,71,306, new cases: 3,663, death toll:
51,591, discharged: 19,81,408, active cases: 37,125, people
tested so far: 1,53,96,444. PTI ND
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