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2020 coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra
Map of districts with confirmed cases (as of 17 March)
  Confirmed cases reported
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationMaharashtra, India
Index casePune
Arrival date9 March 2020
(4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Confirmed cases41
Recovered0
Deaths
1
Territories
Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Thane district, Yavatmal district

The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic was first confirmed in the Indian state of Maharashtra on 9 March 2020. The state has confirmed 41 cases, as of 17 March 2020, the highest among all Indian states.

Timeline

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  • The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Maharashtra was reported on 9 March 2020 in Pune, where a couple returning from Dubai tested positive.[1] The next day, three more people in the city who had come in contact with the couple tested positive. All five of them were admitted to Naidu Hospital.[2]
  • On 11 March, two people in Mumbai who were linked to the Pune couple tested positive.[3] The toll increased to 11 later in the day, after three more people in Pune and one in Nagpur, who returned from the United States, were confirmed to be infected.[4]
  • On 13 March, the Nagpur patient's wife and friend were also diagnosed with the virus. The toll in Pune reached 10 after another United States-returned person tested positive.[5] A man in Ahmednagar, who had travel history to Dubai, tested positive.[6]
  • On 14 March, another Nagpur man who had travelled to the United States with the first confirmed case in the city was also diagnosed with the virus.[7] One case in Mumbai and three from adjoining areas (Vashi, Kamothe, Kalyan) were reported. Samples of two people in Yavatmal who returned from Dubai tested positive.[8][9] Five confirmed cases were reported from Pimpri-Chinchwad.[10]
  • On 15 March, a woman in Aurangabad who had been to Russia and Kazakhstan was confirmed to have contracted the virus, taking the state-wide total to 32.[11] Later in the day, a man in Pimpri-Chinchwad who had travelled to Dubai and Japan tested positive.[12]
  • The count rose to 37 on 16 March, with three confirmed case in Mumbai and one in Navi Mumbai;[13] the Mumbai cases included a three-year-old child and her mother, who had contracted it from the child's father who had returned from the US.[14] A woman in Yavatmal, who had earlier tested negative and placed in isolation ward, tested positive for the virus; another youth in Pune who had also visited Dubai was diagnosed with the virus.[15]
  • Maharashtra's first death linked to the virus was reported on 17 March, after a 64-year-old man died at the Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai.[16] Two confirmed cases were reported during the day, one in Mumbai and the other in Pimpri-Chinchwad, both of whom had returned from the United States.[17]
  • On 17 March, Section 144 was imposed in Nagpur and Nashik

Governmental response

On 13 March, the Government of Maharashtra declared the outbreak an epidemic in the cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Nagpur, and invoked provisions of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 which enabled it to forcibly hospitalise anyone with suspected symptoms. Commercial establishments such as movie halls, malls, swimming pools and gyms were shut across the state as a precaution.[18][19] Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, issued a ban on all public gatherings and functions.[20] Pune Municipal Corporation decided to close all public gardens and Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, effective from 14 March, to contain the spread of the virus.[21]

Thackeray announced that the number of testing labs and their capacities would be increased, as will the capacity of quarantine facilities.[22] On 16 March, the Government of Maharashtra allocated ₹45 crore to the districts with confirmed cases.[23]

After many suspected patients fled from isolation wards of hospitals, the state government directed officials at hospitals and airports to stamp the left hand of people placed under 14-day home quarantine with details of their quarantine period using indelible ink, so as to easily identify them. It also announced that those who violate the quarantine will be isolated at a government facility.[24]

Amidst a surge in confirmed cases across the state, the health officials declared that several tourist and religious sites will be closed down as a precautionary measure. These sites included Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai, Tulja Bhavani Temple in Osmanabad district, Ajanta and Ellora Caves in Aurangabad district, Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple in Pune, Mumba Devi Temple in Mumbai and Saibaba Temple in Shirdi. Entry restrictions were also enforced at Mantralaya, Mumbai.[25][26] Mumbai Police placed a ban on all group tours in the city until 31 March.[27]

Government of Telangana implemented screening of people entering the state of Telangana from Maharashtra at four entry points.[28]

Impact

Tourist spots in the state like Ajanta and Ellora Caves in Aurangabad district, Elephanta Island in Raigad district and Gateway of India in Mumbai reportedly witnessed a sharp decline in the number of visitors.[29] Hotel, cab and private bus businesses in the state also reported a high number of booking cancellations in March.[30]

Over 20,000 bus services of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation were cancelled since 11 March, which caused the organisation losses of ₹3 crore by 17 March.[31]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Two with travel history to Dubai test positive for coronavirus in Pune". India Today. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus update: 3 more test positive for COVID-19 in Maharashtra, number rises to 5". Livemint. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus update: Two test positive in Mumbai, total cases in state rise to 7". Livemint. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra has 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus as 45-year-old person tests positive". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ "2 more test positive for coronavirus in Nagpur; Maharashtra count now 17". Economic Times. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra rise to 19". India Today. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ "1 more tests positive of coronavirus in Nagpur, total cases in Maharashtra rise to 20". India Today. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Number of confirmed coronavirus patients in Maharashtra rises to 26". Livemint. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Two more test positive in Yavatmal; Maharashtra count rises to 26". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Five persons tested positive for the coronavirus in Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune in Maharashtra". All India Radio. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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  13. ^ "Coronavirus: Four new cases in Maharashtra, patient count rises to 37". Livemint. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ "3-year-old tests positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai, both parents also infected. Maharashtra total now at 39". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Yavatmal woman tests +ve for coronavirus; total count now 39 in Maharashtra". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Coronavirus patient, 64, dies in Mumbai; third death in India". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  17. ^ "COVID-19 Outbreak: No. of positive coronavirus cases in India rises to 139, highest in Maharashtra". DNA. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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  19. ^ "COVID-19: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray declares coronavirus as an epidemic in 5 cities". Pune Mirror. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Coronavirus: CM Uddhav Thackeray revokes all permissions given to public functions in Maharashtra". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Theatres, Gardens, Zoo, Gymnasiums shut in Pune until further notice; restaurants see low walk-ins". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Coronavirus: Cases in Maharashtra reach 33, state expands healthcare facilities". India Today. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Coronavirus update: Maharashtra allocates ₹45 crore to fight Covid-19 as cases rise to 39". Livemint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Maharashtra Stamps Left Hand Of Those In Home Quarantine". NDTV. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  25. ^ "Coronavirus in Maharashtra: Ajanta-Ellora, Siddhivinayak, Tuljapur temples closed". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Shirdi Saibaba Temple to shut from today amid coronavirus scare". Livemint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Covid-19 impact: Mumbai Police ban group tours in city till March 31". Economic Times. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Restrictions on Maha border extended by T". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  29. ^ "Maharashtra tourism is a casualty of coronavirus". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  30. ^ "Coronavirus scare hits hotel, transport business in Pune". Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  31. ^ "MSRTC takes Rs 3-crore hit due to cancellation of services". Outlook. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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