Nashik division's Covid-19 tally reached 27,862, with around 1,065 deaths, while Kolhapur has reported 6,819 cases and 182 deaths so far.Ī total of 334 people from other states are being treated in Maharashtra, while 46 such people died from the infection. While 28 deaths were reported from Pune, ten were recorded in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Pune city reported a rise of 1,921 new cases, while neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad registered 900 cases. Neighbouring Palghar district has as many as 13,817 cases, with 265 deaths. Navi Mumbai reported the maximum number of new cases at 338, and accounted for the highest number of deaths at ten, the official further said. Thane district's coronavirus tally reached 78,567 on Sunday, with an increase of 1,472 cases in the last 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 38 to touch 2,153, PTI quoted an official as saying. His test results came out on Sunday, he said. The minister said he was feeling unwell since Saturday and had mild fever and a sore throat. The Maharashtra government has announced that the below-mentioned steps (weekend lockdown and night curfew) will be in place from April 5 to April 30. Maharashtra Minister of state for environment and FDA Sanjay Bansode Sunday said he had been detected with Covid-19 and was receiving treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai, PTI reported. Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus Live Updates: Medics wearing PPE rest during a COVID-19 check-up, at Malad in Mumbai. BEST officials could not be reached for comment. The BEST administration has illegally issued charge-sheets to thousands of workers and dismissed many over absence from duty during lockdown, the committee alleged. The petition also demanded a dedicated COVID-19 treatment facility for BEST employees and their families at WadalaBus Depot. Apart from compensation, their legal heirs should get jobs as per a Government Resolution, it said. The action committee also demanded that BEST announce a list of employees who died while serving since the outbreak of the pandemic. The BEST administration was not paying attention to their demands, he claimed. "Deaths of 107 out of (total) 34,000 employees means the death rate is 130 times the country's per million population mortality rate," said Shashank Rao, convener of the action committee. It would be submitted to the chief minister, they said. The petition, launched on Tuesday, had been signed by over 900 people by Wednesday evening, union leaders said. The committee, a joint forum of BEST unions, demanded immediate payment of a compensation of Rs 50 lakh each to the families of dead employees.
Over 1,350 BEST employees have tested positive for coronavirus and 107 employees have died due to the viral infection, the petition addressed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray claimed. The BEST Workers' Joint Action Committee has launched an online petition seeking compensation for the kin of the employees of the city bus service Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) who died due to COVID-19.
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