higher positive rate than the state average. "There is 95% of beds are vacant in the state. Around 4-5% of patients are admitted to hospitals for treatment.
The positivity rate in Maharashtra is 23.5% but districts like Raigad, Pune, Nashik, Nanded have a much higher positive rate," he said.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra school education minister Varsha Gaikwad has allowed the reopening of schools for classes 1 to 9 for offline teaching from January 24.
Besides, Maharashtra's capital Mumbai has decided to restart offline classes for classes 1 to 12 from January 24. The decision came as new Omicron cases and overall daily coronavirus infections in the city have begun to decline Mumbai reported 5,708 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths on Thursday.