Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said it is recommended to wear masks in enclosed places like trains, buses, cinemas, auditoriums, offices, hospitals, colleges and schools.
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 1,081 cases of the infection, the highest daily rise after 24 February, which took the overall tally to 78,88,167, while the death toll is 1,47,860
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said, “Although the number of hospitalisation (on account of coronavirus) is low, everyone should be alert and cautious as the virus has not gone away completely as yet."