the public health department has said though the weekly positivity rate wpr in the state has not increased during the two weeks after the 10day ganeshotsav testing should not reduce in districts during the next fortnight before dasara and diwalistate surveillance officer dr pradeep awate told toi that detailed guidelines were in place for all the districts and collectors to implement them the state should carry out 2 lakh tests a day and there should be no reduction of tests in districts that have already been listed as either districts of concern or those with low testingin the week from september 22 to september 28 the state conducted 56 lakh rtpcr tests and 52 lakh rapid antigen tests rat which was well below the 2lakh daily norm over 13 districts continued to register less than 5000 tests on a weekly basis sources said a few were affected by the heavy rains over the past few daysthe government has announced that some unlocking orders for various sectors will be issued shortly the orders will be issued keeping in mind all covid protocols however there should not be any complacency said awatestate task force member shashank joshi told toi that covid cases in maharashtra had substantially come down and have not risen after the ganpati festival however covid continues to be around the cases might have dropped but the pandemic is not gone yet the government is carrying out the unlocking process amid strict sops he saidjoshi advised against any congregation ahead of dasara and diwali vaccination and ventilation arrangements will be the two keys to tide over any situation he saidthe districts of concern at the moment are mumbai thane pune ahmednagar kolhapur sangli and satara pune ahmednagar and satara are also among the nine districts with a weekly positivity rate higher than the states average of 21pune zilla parishad ceo ayush prasad told toi that only two talukas in the district junnar and ambegaon currently had a weekly positivity rate above 5