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Maharashtra may see surge in Covid cases after Ganesh festival: Health officials

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Maharashtra has the second-highest active cases in the country, after Kerala. Maharashtra has a total of 49,796 active cases as per the data by the state's health department released on September 11.

Besides, the state reported 3,075 new coronavirus infections and 35 Covid-related deaths yesterday. However, Saturday's case count was the lowest since February 9 when the state reported 2,515 cases.

But the low case count coincided with low testing on Friday. In the last 24 hours, the state conducted 133,479 Covid-19 tests which is one of the lowest figures in months.

The average daily testing in September has been 169,020, while in August it was around 193,848 tests every day, as per the daily.

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