The administration in Maharashtra's Raigad district has established a task force to take care of children who have lost their parents in corona crisis, an official said on Saturday.

As directed by Collector Nidhi Choudhary, when coronavirus patients are admitted to hospitals, medical officers who are present at the time have to get a form filled from them regarding the custody of their children in the event of their death, the official said. Citizens can call on the helpline number 1089 to inform the task force of about children who have lost their parents to Covid-19, he said.

Meanwhile, the collector has sanctioned a Covid-19 vaccination center at the Raigad district court in Alibaug, where judges, advocates and the court staffer can get inoculated from Saturday, an official said.

Remarkably, the cases in Maharashtra started rising from February 18 leading to a peak of 68,631 cases on April 19, 2021. In the month of May, the district has seen over 1000 daily new cases for 7 days and above 900 daily cases for 5 days. Experts say that the district is still in its second wave. To come out of a wave, the district has to register a positivity rate under 5 percent. On May 20, the district had 9927 active cases and an active ratio of 6.6 percent.

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