Maharashtra government plans to put most of the new COVID-19 patients in institutional isolation instead of home quarantine, officials said on Wednesday.The intention was to avoid the patients' family members catching the infection, said Dr Archana Patil, director of health services, state health department."The government has therefore asked all district collectors to increase the number of beds (in isolation centres)," she told PTI.Dr Patil clarified that this did not mean that active COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation at present would be shifted to government facilities."The plan is to admit most of the new COVID-19 cases in institutional quarantine," she said.Another top health official said, "The government has asked the.