Number of Corona virus cases is increasing day-by-day in many districts of Maharashtra after many citizens started returning to their respective home towns. With nine positive reports Friday morning, total number of Corona virus affected patients has reached to 112 in Ahmednagar.<br />'' <br />'' Six new patients found in Sindhudurg, taking the toll to 30 and five more patients confirmed in Nanded, taking the patients number to 143. &nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' A total of 698 Corona virus patients were discharged in Maharashtra on Thursday, taking the number of recovered persons in the state to 18,616.<br />'' <br />'' State has reported 2,598 new Corona virus patients, taking the tally of cases in the state to 59,546. With 85 COVID-19 patients dying, 38 of them in Mumbai, the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 1,982. No. of active cases of COVID-19 reached to 38,939.<br />'' <br />'' In order to facilitate stranded citizens, a &nbsp;Shramik Special train is scheduled to leave for West Bengal from Nanded this afternoon by 4 p.m.<br />'' <br />'' Meantime, Sate Government's efforts are on to provide relief to all the citizens in the state. A mobile application has been developed in Raigadh district of Maharashtra to provide food grains to the citizen who do not have ration cards.<br />'' <br />'' After observing the usefulness of this mobile application, State Government has given instructions to use it in other districts of the state too.<br />'' <br />'' AIR Correspondent reports, easy-forms is a mobile application, which is making life easier for citizens in Raigad district of Maharashtra, who do not have ration cards.<br />'' <br />'' Such needy citizens are being identified through this app with their basic information.<br />'' <br />'' Ration distribution shops are providing food grains to all such beneficiaries. Over thousand citizens have benefited from this app so far.<br />'' <br />'' State Government has already approved this app and instructed other districts to use the same.<br />'' <br />'' At present, 18 districts in the state are using this app to provide relief to all such citizen who do not have ration cards.<br />'' <br />'' <br />''
News On AIR | May 29, 2020 3:03 PM
No. of active cases of COVID-19 reached to 38,939 in Maharashtra