

She announced the same through her twitter handle and has asked all who came in contact with her to get tested. In another development, Maharashtra’s School Education Minister, Varsha Gaikwad tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and has isolated herself. Meanwhile, Minister of State Aditya Thackeray had on Monday said that the decision to close schools & colleges would be reviewed after 15 days, pointing the importance of keeping the schools open. Many parents raised concern over the rising cases in the city and compared the prompt decision of Delhi Government in this case. Meanwhile, 8 more students tested positive for COVID in Ahmednagar’s Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, taking the toll up to 90 for the school. After 13 students of an engineering college in Pune were reported to be positive on Monday, another 1 8 students of a Medical College in Sangli district were also reported to have tested positive on Tuesday. No such decision on closing schools and colleges in Mumbai or any other part of Maharashtra has been announced as yet.Īs for COVID, clusters continue to be reported from various colleges and school in Maharashtra.
While D elhi Government yesterday sounded a yellow alert and closed all schools and colleges as the positivity rate touched 0.5%. Since December 1, Mumbai’s positivity rate has increased exponentially to 4%. The city has been witnessing a surge in cases over the past week. Latest | Maharashtra Schools not to be closed at present: Health Minister Rajesh Tope confirms Night curfew has been put in place in the city at present. As per the latest health bulletin, Mumbai saw its highest daily cases of 1,333 in seven months on Tuesday while the total new infections of 2,172 were reported from the state. Meanwhile, Maharashtra continued to see a surge in the number of cases on Tuesday as well, with Mumbai taking the lion’s share in the number of active cases reported. Reports suggest that CM Uddhav Thackeray would hold a meeting to assess the situation today. There is, however, no decision yet regarding the same. Soon after the decision, all eyes were on Mumbai as anxious parents in the city sought clarity on closing schools and colleges in Maharashtra. On Tuesday, Delhi Government decided to close all schools and colleges as the positivity rate touched 0.5% in the city. Clusters continue to be reported from various colleges and schools in Maharashtra.
