Mumbai

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday that the peak of COVID-19 third wave was over in the state as new cases were falling in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar that had been badly hit.

"Yes, I can say that peak of the third wave is over now because COVID-19 cases are reducing in cities like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar where the situation was worst during the recent wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although in some parts of Maharashtra still, the cases are moving upward," Tope said.

"However, in the cities like Nashik, Nagpur, Pune, Aurangabad number is still rising but there is no reason to worry even in these places because infected people are getting cured in 5 to 7 days with simple treatment and medicines," he said.

Tope also said that daily Covid positive numbers were going down.

"We were at 47,000 per day once which has been gone down to around 25,000 per day. Simultaneously currently 92 to 96 per cent bed are vacant and less than one per cent patients is on oxygen, ICU or ventilators."

There are currently 2,70,444 active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra. The cumulative recoveries stood at 72,42,649 while a total of 1,42,461 people have died of the infection.