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Maharashtra: Officials claim state is ready to handle surge in COVID-19 cases
Updated On: 20 December, 2023 06:59 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
In wake of a slight surge in COVID-19 cases in Kerala, authorities in Maharashtra conducted a mock drill to take stock of medical infrastructure
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As the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 has been detected in Kerala, along with a slight surge in cases there, officials in Maharashtra said a mock drill was recently conducted to take stock of the available infrastructure in the state in case numbers start rising. The state reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday; eight cases were reported from Mumbai, two in Thane, one in Pimpri-Chinchwad.
As of December 19, there are 35 active cases in the state—27 from Mumbai, five in Thane, two in Pune and one in Kolhapur. “The numbers show a rise in Mumbai because our surveillance and reporting system has strengthened over the years. We have a large number of testing labs and the state’s major hospitals are here, so it is expected that the city will see a slight rise now and then, but it is nothing alarming,” said Dr Daksha Shah, executive health officer with the BMC’s health department.
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