10 coronavirus positive cases in Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray

MUMBAI: Two persons from Mumbai on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of such cases in Maharashtra to 10, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.

There are eight coronavirus positive cases in Pune, the chief minister told reporters at Vidhan Bhawan.

Thackeray also indicated that the ongoing budget session of state legislature, scheduled till March 20, may be curtailed in view of the coronavirus situation.

Health officials said the two persons from Mumbai who tested positive for coronavirus had come in close contact with two Pune residents who had returned from Dubai recently and tested positive for coronavirus.

A statement by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of the Public Health Department, Maharashtra said an “aggressive contact tracing activity” is in progress on a war footing after two Dubai returnees from Pune were found positive for positive coronavirus two days ago.

“On Wednesday, two close c