<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> on Tuesday reported three coronavirus related deaths in the past 24 hours, a communique issued by the state&rsquo;s Public Health department said. The state has also recorded 450 new covid positive cases.
As on today, the state has 2,343 active covid-19 positive cases.
The release said that out of 8,65,96,047 laboratory samples 81,42,509 have been tested positive (09.40&#37) for Covid-19 until today since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
It further said that in view of the international scenario of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Covid-19-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Covid-19</a>, screening of international passengers arriving at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur airports have been started from December 2022. &ldquo;All passengers are being thermally scanned &amp; 2 percent random samples are taken for Covid testing. All positive samples are referred for WGS.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, the Central government has reviewed the public health preparedness for the management of Covid-19 and vaccination progress, and exhorted states to strengthen surveillance with a focus on whole genome sequencing of positive samples.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-woman-who-consumed-poison-outside-mantralaya-dies-in-hospital-23277834" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Also read:&nbsp;Mumbai: Woman who consumed poison outside Mantralaya dies in hospital</a>
In the wake of the rising Covid cases in several parts of the country, the Centre also directed the states to increase testing with higher proportion of RT-PCR tests.
States have also been advised to undertake mock drills to ensure the operational readiness of hospital infrastructure including Oxygen cylinders, PSA plants, ventilators and human resources.
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