<span style="color: #222222;">As the figure of COVID-19 patients soar in Maharashtra, State Health Minister Rajesh Tope today approached Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja to seek her opinion on the measures that needs to be taken to break the chain of the virus. Ms. Shailaja has been praised from various quarters for handling the COVID-19 outbreak effectively, resulting into less number of cases in the southern most state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today handed over the first of its kind the COVID-19 Health Centre to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The Health Centre, although temporary in nature has come up at the Bandra Kurla Complex ground and has a capacity of 1,000 beds. The facility has been set up in a record time of two weeks and will be catering to patients from Mumbai and nearby areas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Additionally, half of the beds in the health centre are equipped with oxygen support and also has a pathology lab. In another development, the Nandurbar district in north Maharashtra has been declared Corona virus free after remaining two patients infected due to the contagion were cured. A total of 21 cases were reported from Nandurbar. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">However, Gadchiroli district has lost its tag of being into green zone as five COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the district. All the five tested positive are labourers and had reached Gadchiroli from Mumbai on 16th of this month.</span><br />''