1 lakh Covid cases reported in Maha in month of June

In a frightening sign of how Covid-19 pandemic is spreading rapidly in the state, more than one lakh cases of coronavirus cases were reported in Maharashtra in the month of June. It means daily nearly 3500 patients were added in the state in June.

At the start of June, there were 70,013 Covid19 cases in Maharashtra, which soared to 1,74,761 lakh by the end of June. In case of Mumbai, which is the most coronavirus-affected city in the state, the number of Covid-19 cases on June 1 was 41,099. But the figure rose rapidly to 77,658 by June 30, resulting in a growth of 36,559 in a month.

State health minister Rajesh Tope ruled out community transmission of Covid-19 in the state. He said, “I think there is no community spread of coronavirus in Maharashtra. The state government has been able to trace almost every Covid-19 patient and his or her source of infection. Hence, in my opinion, there is no community spread in the state.”

“The data shows that most of the coronavirus positive patients are those who were earlier placed under institutional quarantine, home quarantine or had some contact history. Therefore, there has been no community spread in Maharashtra so far,” Mr Tope added.