Maharashtra's daily Covid-19 deaths remained below the 50-mark, while recoveries were more than double the new coronavirus infections which also dropped under the 5K-mark, health authorities said on Monday.
Therefore, the possibility of another wave is less, said the state's health minister Rajesh Tope. He said that he would seek funds from the Asian Development Bank to improve public health facilities in the state. Tope was speaking at a webinar on issues of nurses and health workers organized by Saathi, United Nurses Association Maharashtra, Maharashtra Nurses Federation and Jan Arogya Abhiyan
The state reported 40 deaths for the second consecutive day - compared with the peak tally of 515 on September 15 - while its fatalities shot up from 47,734 to 47,774.
The new infections dropped below the 5K mark for the third day with 3,075 fresh cases - compared with the peak single-day tally of 24,886 (September 11) - and the total cases zoomed up from 18,52,266 to 18,55,341 till date.
The state recovery rate improved from 93.04 per cent to 93.28 per cent while the mortality rate stood at 2.57 per cent.