21 districts report high COVID-19 growth rate

The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Thursday, expressed deep concern over the growth rate of COVID-19 in 21 of the total 36 districts exceeding the state average growth rate of 0.47% and the weekly positivity rate in 14 districts exceeding the state average positivity rate of 10.46%. The cabinet said that the implementation of containment measures has shown a decline in the number of daily cases. However, the number of deaths reported daily is a matter that needs to be attended to. The Public Health Department, in its presentation to the cabinet, said Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Satara, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Sangli, Solapur, Nashik and Ahmednagar constitute 64.95% of the total active cases of 3,15,042. The list of 21 districts with high weekly average growth rate included Sindhudurg (2.71%), Ratnagiri (1.55%), Kolhapur (1.51%), Buldhana (1.43%), Satara (1.37%), Sangli (1.21%), Osmanabad (1.21%), Amravati (1.06%), Beed (1.01%), Akola (0.98%), Washim (0.92%), Yavatmal (0.92%), Solapur (0.86%), Ahmednagar (0.85%), Parbhani (0.64%), Hingoli (0.62%), Gadchiroli (0.61%), Jalna (0.57%), Wardha (0.55%), Palghar (0.49%) and Raigad (0.49%). This is more than the state’s weekly average of 0.47%. Further, of the 36 districts, 14 districts with high weekly positivity rate, included Sindhudurg (21.36%), Satara (20.02%), Ratnagiri (19.22%), Raigad (18.21%), Kolhapur (16.85%), Osmanabad (16.22%), Pune (16.16%), Sangli (15.47%), Hingoli (15.43%), Beed (13.48%), Amravati (12.86%), Thane (11.91%), Akola (11.74%) and Gadchiroli (10.75%).