On Saturday State Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that COVID-19 cases increasing in Maharashtra but the need for hospitalization and oxygen support became low.
He also said that the state task force and health department had given their assessment of the COVID-19 situation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who will decide on the extent of restrictions, 41,000 cases were detected on Friday in the state, though there was no addition to the Omicron tally.
The Minister said, “Those having cough, fever etc, including children, must get themselves tested. Senior citizens with comorbidities and frontline health staff must go for the precautionary vaccine dose, the drive for which will begin on January 10.”
