As the number of coronavirus patients crossed eighty thousand in Maharashtra, Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said that the Maharashtra government will procure 10,000 vials of the drug Remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients in the state. The Birhanmumbai Municipal Corporation today launched a web link through which a person can get information on a single click regarding availability of beds in 128 private or government hospitals around the city for covid 19 patients.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile a disciplinary board headed by BJP leader Prashant Shinde also met BMC commissioner Iqbal Chhahal to take stock of the situation in view of the covid 19 pandemic. During this meeting, the BMC commissioner gave details about efforts taken by the civic body to tackle this pandemic.<br />'' <br />''He said the civic body is following all the guidelines laid down by ICMR, centre and the state. He informed the panel that nearly 2 lakh 16 thousand have been tested so far while around 45800 have been tested positive in the city. Out of which 19000 have recovered while presently there are 25600 active cases in the city. He said the death rate due to coronavirus has come down to 3.3 %. While the doubling period of covid 19 patients has increased to 20 days from the previous 12 days.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, Maharashtra Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said that the state government will procure 10,000 vials of the drug Remdesivir for treating coronavirus patients. He said the expensive medicine is being made available for the poor and needy patients in the state.<br />'' <br />''In a tweet, Tope said it has generated promising results in MERS-CoV and SARS which are also caused by Corona Virus. He added that WHO (World Health Organisation) also suggests it may have some positive effects in Covid19 treatment.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile addressing a review meeting on the COVID-19 situation with senior officials in Pune, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said, negligence by private hospitals during treatment of infected patients is a serious issue. He said a strong action will be taken against such hospitals for any unethical practices. On the other hand, the state minister for food and civil supplies and consumer protection, Mr. Chhagan Bhujbal today informed that the Maharashtra Government has distributed 68.13 lakh quintals of food grains in the month of April to the poor and needy in the state during the lockdown period owing to covid 19 pandemic while in the month of May the state distributed 76.83 lakh quintals of foodgrains. <br />''<br />''Besides five kilograms of rice per poor beneficiary is being provided free of cost, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, for the months of April, May and June.<br />