Maharashtra witnesses sharp fall in COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths in past 24 hours - Maharashtra’s total Covid-19 tally reached 75,35,511 as 28,286 fresh coronavirus cases were recorded on Monday.
Stricter curbs in Mumbai if. : Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray makes BIG statement
The announcement comes just a day after the Maharashtra government extended the lockdown till June 15 with some relaxations.
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Updated: May 31, 2021, 06:32 PM IST
Expressing concern over the heavy vehicular traffic in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday warned that the lockdown-like curbs would be made stricter if such a situation continues. I myself cross-checked my speech made last night. I did not say that COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, Thackeray said.
Mumbai will have to be put under stricter curbs if such a situation continues, the CM said while speaking in suburban Bandra at the inauguration of the trial run of two Metro lines and Bhoomi pujan of the elevated road and vehicular underpass to connect the airport.
Prakash Javadekar has slammed the
Maharashtra government for poor administration of Covid-19 vaccines and claimed that over 50 per cent of doses remain unused.
His remark came a day after Maharashtra Health Minister
Rajesh Tope demanded 2.20 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Centre and requested the Centre to supply 20 lakh doses per week to the state.
In a tweet, Javadekar claimed that Uddhav Thackeray-led government has used only 23 lakh vaccines out of the total 54 lakh vaccines sent to Maharashtra till March 12, 2021.
He further said that 56 per cent of the vaccines remained unused in the state, adding, Shiv Sena MPs were asking the Centre for more vaccines while the state has only utilised 44 per cent of what has already been delivered.
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, a total of 23,54,261 persons have been vaccinated in the state. Out of 23,54,261 persons, 3,31,312 have received their second dose while the rest are the recipient of the first dose.
COVID 19: Complete lockdown imposed for a week in Maharashtra’s Nagpur from March 15 after rise in cases
With increasing cases of COVID 19 cases in the area, Nagpur witnesses a complete lockdown for a week from Monday. Written By
Pinkvilla Desk 3155375 reads Mumbai Updated: March 12, 2021 09:36 am COVID 19: Complete lockdown imposed for a week in Maharashtra’s Nagpur from March 15 after rise in cases
The COVID 19 pandemic which had hit the country last year and affected over one crore people in India. And while it was expected to have subsided by now, it is reported that the nation is witnessing a second wave of the pandemic now. In fact, Maharashtra, which had earlier recorded the highest number of COVID 19 positive cases, is once again witnessing a spike in the cases of late. As a result, a complete lockdown during in Maharashtra’s Nagpur for a week.