Maharashtra Corona Cases: 229 School Students, Three Staffers Test Covid Positive At Washim Hostel

<div class="css-1dbjc4n"> <div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1s2bzr4"> <div id="tweet-text" class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Maharashtra: After new clusters of Covid-19 cases were reported in Bengaluru, around 229 students and three staffers of a hostel in Maharasthra have been reported to be coronavirus positive on Thursday. </span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">As per the news agency ANI, </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">229 students and 3 staffers of a hostel in Washim test positive for </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#COVID19</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">. A total of 327 students from Amravati, Hingoli, Nanded, Washim, Buldhana, Akola reside in this hostel. Also Read: <a href="https://ift.tt/3aWpcDv Vaccine: Israel Study Finds Pfizer Jab Effective After Single Dose In Big 'Real World' Test</a><br /></span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">[tw]https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1364801605564919810?s=20[/tw]</span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Mumbai has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the last 24 hours. According to Maharashtra health department, the city recorded 1,167 new cases of the infection while the number stood at 8,807 for the state on Wednesday.</span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">[tw]https://twitter.com/PIBMumbai/status/1364600306651205633?s=20[/tw]</span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The latest spike in cases have come after two days of tapering in the numbers in both Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. On Tuesday, 643 fresh Covid cases were recorded in Mumbai and 6,218 in the state.</span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The daily cases began to rise in February after Amravati, one of districts contributed to the increase, and reported 9,069 Covid-19 cases in February. </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">These fresh Covid-cases in Maharashtra has once again raised concerns for the Centre and various other states which have imposed travel restrictions on people coming from there.</span></div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en">&nbsp;</div> <div class="css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0" dir="auto" lang="en"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">&nbsp;Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Kerala alone account for 75 per cent of the country's current active cases after a sudden rise in new infections in the recent past.</span></div> </div> </div>

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