Maharashtra Assembly's Monsoon Session postponed till August 3 due to COVID-19 situation

Amid ongoing vel coronavirus crisis,  Monsoon session of Maharashtra Assembly has been postponed till August 3. Previously, session was slated to commence from June 22. This decision was taken in meeting of Business Advisory Committee on Wednesday. session will last for a period of 15 days. However, only a one-day session would be conducted if COVID-19 situation in state is t under control even at that juncture. As per Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana, situation shall be again assessed between July 20-25. 

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COVID-19 crisis in Maharashtra

On Tuesday, Maharashtra witnessed a slight dip in COVID-19 cases with 2259 persons testing positive for vel coronavirus. This has propelled state's COVID-19 tally to 90,787. With 120 deaths being reported in day, Maharashtra's death toll surged to 3289. state's recovery rate and fatality rate stands at 46.96% and 3.6% respectively. A total of 5,77,819 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in various laboratories across state. While 5,68,073 persons are in-home quarantine, 26,470 ors have been admitted to institutional quarantine centres. 

Mumbai's coronavirus tally crosses 50,000 mark

With 1015 persons testing positive for vel coronavirus in Mumbai on Tuesday till 6 pm, city's COVID-19 tally surged to 50,878. A total of 904 COVID-19 patients were discharged in day, taking number of recovered to 22,942. Meanwhile, 58 persons passed away owing to COVID-19 in day, propelling Mumbai's COVID-19 death toll to 1758. 47 of aforesaid deceased had co-morbidities.

As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 2,33,570 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in various laboratories till June 8. re was a 3% growth in number of COVID-19 cases in city from June 1 to 8. On or hand, vel coronavirus cases in PN, RN, RS wards grew at a rate of over 5%. Barring for A, B, C, and RN wards, all or wards in Mumbai have registered more than 500 COVID-19 cases. 3,12,778 senior citizens have been surveyed by visiting 18,11,766 houses. At present, re are 775 active containment zones in Mumbai while 4071 buildings have been sealed.

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