Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope has said that as per the suggestion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the state will increase Tracking, Tracing and Testing. Currently, vaccination is going on in around 1900 centers in the state. In order to increase vaccination, the State government has sent a list of additional hospitals where vaccination can be started. He has requested the Central Government to approve it as soon as possible. He also reiterated the demand of 20 lakh vaccines per week to the state to achieve the target given by the union government. At present, around 3 lakh doses are given to the beneficiaries. Currently, the state has stock for the next 10 days. <br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He also said that we have requested the National Centre for Disease Control to check the strains of samples sent from districts where the positivity rate is high. Mr. Tope has also clarified that 85% cases in state are asymptomatic. Number of critical patients is also less and sufficient beds are available in hospitals. So there is no need to scare and create panic. But to minimise infectivity, all should Covid guidelines.</span><br />