Mumbai, March 21 -- Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said the state has witnessed a "big rise" in the number of coronavirus positive patients with the addition of 11 such cases and appealed to the people to avoid using public transport to contain the spread.
Talking to reporters, Tope said the number of coronavirus positive patients in the state has increased to 63 with 11 new cases.
"Of the 11, eight have travel history abroad and three came in contact with the affected persons," he said, adding that 10 cases are in Mumbai, while one is in Pune. "Arise from 52 to 63 is big," he said.
Of the total number of patients, 13 to 14 patients are those who came in contact with the positive patients. "Rest all are import cases,...