TheMaharashtragovernment has decided to stop Home quarantining of Covid-19 patients in 18 districts where the positivity rate is high and all active patients in these areas would be admitted toCovid Care Centers, Health minister Rajesh Tope said.
Ordinarily, asymptomatic patients or those who have mild symptoms of coronavirus infection are advised home isolation.
The state has 3,27,000 active Covid-19 cases and the recovery rate has improved to 93 per cent. The case positivity rate — proportion of positive cases in tested samples — is around 12 per cent while the case fatality rate is 1.5 per cent, But the positivity rate in 18 districts is higher than the state Average.