Maharashtra Corona Cases: 229 School Students, Three Staffers Test Covid Positive At Washim Hostel

The latest spike in cases have come after two days of decline in the numbers in both Mumbai and Maharashtra.

Mumbai: BMC officials penalise a commuter for not wearing masks, amid rise in coronavirus cases across Maharashtra. PIC/PTI

Maharashtra: After new clusters of Covid-19 cases were reported in Bengaluru, around 229 students and three staffers of a hostel in Maharasthra have been reported to be coronavirus positive on Thursday.

 

As per the news agency ANI, 229 students and 3 staffers of a hostel in Washim test positive for #COVID19. A total of 327 students from Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Washim, Buldhana, Akola reside in this hostel. Also Read: Covid-19 Vaccine: Israel Study Finds Pfizer Jab Effective After Single Dose In Big 'Real World' Test

 

 

Mumbai has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the last 24 hours. According to Maharashtra health department, the city recorded 1,167 new cases of the infection while the number stood at 8,807 for the state on Wednesday.

 

 

The latest spike in cases have come after two days of tapering in the numbers in both Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. On Tuesday, 643 fresh Covid cases were recorded in Mumbai and 6,218 in the state.

 

The daily cases began to rise in February after Amravati, one of districts contributed to the increase, and reported 9,069 Covid-19 cases in February. These fresh Covid-cases in Maharashtra has once again raised concerns for the Centre and various other states which have imposed travel restrictions on people coming from there.

 

 Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Kerala alone account for 75 per cent of the country's current active cases after a sudden rise in new infections in the recent past.