Covid-19 spreads to rural parts of region

Kolhapur: From cities to remote hilly areas,

Covid-19

cases are now being reported from diverse locations in three districts of western Maharashtra.

In Kolhapur district, 336 of the total 1,243 villages have reported patients. Kolhapur reported its first patient in the last week of March but recorded first cases from the rural area almost 40 days later. Data from Kolhapur indicates that 154 of the 983 positive cases are from urban or semi-urban regions, while the remaining are from grampanchayat areas.

Similar trend is seen in Sangli district, which had 519 positive cases till Monday night. There are 50 cases from Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad municipal corporation, while 61 are from municipal council jurisdiction. Sangli district has recorded as many as 408 patients from grampanchayat jurisdictions.

The hilly tehsil of Shirala, which is along Sangli and Kolhapur district border, has the highest number of patients (132), followed by Jat tehsil (74). Mandur village in Shirala tehsil has emerged as a hotspot with more than 75 patients so far. Bilur village in Jat tehsil is also showing rapid registration since a fortnight with over 50 patients so far.

Satara district has reported Covid-19 patients in 393 out of 1,719 villages. Officials said June month recorded rapid registration in

rural areas

, including Patan, Mahabaleshwar, Jawli tehsils. These three tehsils had 287 of the 1,372 patients recorded till Tuesday evening.


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