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COVID-19: Maharashtra has 8 of India's top 10 worst-hit districts, says Centre
Updated On: 12 March, 2021 08:26 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The surge (in Maharashtra) is just related to the reduced number of testing, tracking and tracing as well as Covid-inappropriate behaviour and large gatherings, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.
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Hours after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned of a lockdown in `some areas`, the Centre on Thursday made the alarming revelation that 8 out of the top 10 worst Covid-hit districts in the country are located in the state.
While Pune tops with maximum new cases, Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, Amravati, Jalgaon, Nashik, and Aurangabad are the other districts of the state with highest Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a NITI Aayog Covid-19 status presentation here.
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