As Maharashtra recorded highest daily spike of Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the Union health ministry has confirmed that a new double mutant strain has been found in over 200 samples from the western state.
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 31,855 new Covid-19 cases, in the highest-ever single-day spike in the state since the beginning of the pandemic in March last year. Out of the top 10 districts in the country that have the highest number of active Covid-19 cases at present, nine are in the state.
The government has announced the banning of Holi and other festive celebrations in public in the state while imposing strict lockdown in Nagpur.
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