On Tuesday, the Maharashtra Government decided to ban home isolation of COVID-19 patients in rural and semi rural areas were the positivity rate is still higher than 10 per cent.
As per these new order, all new COVID-19 patients will have to take admission in nearby Covid Care Centres.
- "We have decided to stop home isolation for patients of 18 districts where the positivity rate is high. The patients from this district will have to go to quarantine center, won't be allowed home isolation" said Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope.
These are the districts were the ban on home isolation will be applicable with immediate effect: Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Yavatmal, Amravati, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Akola, Buldhana, Washim, Beed, Gadchiroli, Ahmednagar and Osmanabad.
Maharashtra continues to show a recent dip in surge of cases. Yesterday the state reported 22,122 the lowest in two months. The positivity rate in the state has fallen below 10 per cent, but the above mentioned districts continue to have a high positivity rate.
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