Coronavirus | Maharashtra records 4,456 fresh cases
The Hindu
State reports 4,430 recoveries, 183 deaths; spike of over 1,100 infections in Pune district
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 4,430 recoveries against a surge of 4,456 COVID-19 cases. The see-sawing of case spikes and recoveries saw the active case tally rise to 51,078. A high death toll of 183 took the State’s cumulative fatalities to 1,37,496. The case fatality rate remains constant at 2.12%. The total cases have reached 64,69,332, while cumulative recoveries have risen to 62,77,230, with the recovery rate rising to 97.03%. “Of 5,41,54,890 laboratory samples tested thus far, 64,69,332 (with the average case positivity falling incrementally to 12.01%) have returned positive, with more than 1.78 lakh samples being tested in the last 24 hours,” said State Surveillance Officer Dr. Pradeep Awate.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.