Close to 6,500 (6,489) Covid-19 deaths have been reported across Maharashtra in the first nine days of June, but almost 60% of these are from data reconciliation in which unrecorded deaths from previous months and weeks are added to the tally. For the third day in a row, Maharashtra reported under 11,000 cases on Wednesday. Fatalities for the day were under 300, but the state is reporting more deaths from the past. It added 10,989 cases and 261 deaths taking total cases to 58.6 lakh and the death toll to 1,01,833, but including 400 more casualties from the past. As many as 2,057 Covid-19 patients recovered in PMR on Wednesday as against the addition of 1,332 new cases. Even as the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been pressing for mandatory RT-PCR tests of owners and staff of all commercial establishments while lifting curbs, the local trader community has questioned the rationale behind such a move. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates across Maharashtra.
Maharashtra fully lifts lockdown from Nashik, Aurangabad, 16 other districts
Among the 18 districts where lockdown will be lifted fully are Nashik, Dhule, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Jalgaon
Thursday June 3, 2021 6:19 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Mumbai: In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has decided to lift all lockdown restrictions in half of the state s 36 districts from Friday, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said here on Thursday.
Among the 18 districts where lockdown will be lifted fully are Nashik, Dhule, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Jalgaon.
Malegaon and Manmad that fall in Nashik district will also have no lockdown from Friday, June 4, 2021.
Detection of new Covid cases in the state hit a 75-day low on Sunday with fresh cases dropping under 20,000. A total of 18,600 cases were reported, the lowest since March 16, when 17,864 cases were detected. The state’s overall case tally has now reached 57,31,815. The state government on Sunday changed its pattern of restrictions and divided the state into municipal corporation areas and rural districts as separate components. All essential goods and services shops in the city, Thane and Pune, that is, places where the positivity rate is below 10%, will be allowed to operate for longer, from 7am to 2pm. Till now, these shops could operate only till 11am. Stay with TOI for more updates.
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