Amid the recent rise in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation in Thane district has kept 15 isolation beds ready at two civic hospitals to meet any urgency, officials said on Thursday, reported news agency PTI.

Maharashtra reported 107 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total of viral infections detected in the state so far this year to 1,700, as per the public health department, reported PTI.

Two more deaths of Covid-19 patients also were recorded in the last couple of days, taking the toll since January to 21, an official release on Wednesday said.