India News | 6 Districts Need to Do More on COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Tope
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said at least six districts need to put more efforts in contact tracing of COVID-19 patients to curb the infection spread in their jurisdiction.
Mumbai, Aug 18 (PTI) Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said at least six districts need to put more efforts in contact tracing of COVID-19 patients to curb the infection spread in their jurisdiction.
Speaking to reporters here, Tope said, There is a need to improve contact tracing of COVID-19 patients in Parbhani, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur and Ahmednagar.
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The states COVID-19 mortality rate is 3.35 per cent though a clutch of districts, including Mumbai, have a higher death rate, he said.
"But the mortality rate is higher than the states average in Mumbai, Solapur, Nandurbar, Akola, Latur, Jalgaon and Ratnagiri, the minister said.
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Maharashtra has crossed the 6 lakh-mark in terms of COVID-19 cases.
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