Maharashtra sees slight rise in COVID cases
The Hindu
The State also reported its highest fatality surge in more than a fortnight
For the first time in nearly a month, new cases outweighed recoveries with Maharashtra reporting 997 new COVID-19 cases on Friday as against 945 new recoveries.
The slight rise has now taken the active case tally to 12,290.
Maharashtra also reported its highest fatality surge in more than a fortnight, with 41 deaths taking the cumulative death toll to 1,40,516. The case fatality rate remains constant at 2.12%.
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.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.