District authorities favoured creating micro containment zones over complete lockdown to contain the surge of Covid-19 cases.
NEW DELHI: India s Covid-19 tally stood at 1,12,44,786 with 15,388 fresh cases reported as of Tuesday morning, said the Union ministry of health. The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,57,930 with 77 more fatalities, as per 8 am data updated by the ministry.
After registering an increase for six consecutive days, the number of active Covid-19 cases has gone down to 1,87,462, accounting for only 1.67 per cent of the country s total caseload. The case fatality rate has dropped to 1.40 per cent.
However, a surge in some states has led the administration to impose partial lockdowns in certain districts.
Covid surge in Maharashtra: Lockdown status in major cities
Local authorities in several cities have Maharashtra have reintroduced restrictions and lockdowns to curb a fresh surge in cases. Here s a look at what kind of restriction has been imposed where:
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UPDATED: March 9, 2021 16:45 IST
People in Mumbai walking past a wall mural on importance of masks in Covid-19 era | PTI image
A surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra has forced the state government to reimpose restrictions and lockdowns in several major cities, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur.
The Covid-19 pandemic had devastated the world in 2020. The high volume of patients had taken a toll on the health system across the world and Maharashtra was no exception.
Maharashtra government on Sunday decided to impose complete lockdown in Amravati City and Achalpur town of the district from Monday to contain the sudden surge in the Coronavirus cases in the region.
Nashik, January 15
Nashik district authorities on Friday allowed private coaching lessons to start operations for classes IX to XII for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began last year,
Voting for Maharashtra rural polls (file photo)
NASHIK: Maharashtra state election commissioner U P S Madan has ordered the cancellation of the elections in Umrane village in Nashik district and Khondamali village in Nandurbar district following the allegations of the sarpanch and gram panchayat members posts being auctioned here.
The decision to cancel the polls in both the villages was announced by Madan in a press release issued by the state election commission office in Mumbai.
Quoting Madan, the press release read: “There were media reports about the auction of seats of sarpanch (head man) and members of the gram panchayat of Umrane and Khondamali. The reports from the tehsildar, sub-divisional officer, election observer and the collectors were sought. And after verification of the complaints, reports and audio-visual media reports, the decision to cancel the process was taken.”