Maharashtra: For the fifth consecutive day, Maharashtra has seen asteady spike in Covid-19 cases, now the the Hingoli district administration on Sunday imposed a weeklong lockdown till March 7th 2021. In order to curb the spread of the virus, Hingoli Collector Ruchesh Jayvanshi in an order issued on Saturday evening said the curfew will come into force from 7 am on Monday and continue till March 7th midnight.
Tamil Nadu has extended its restrictions in order to stop the rising number of Covid cases until March 31st 2021, on Sunday the state government also asked all district administrations to enforce strict Covid-19 appropriate behaviour. “The district administration shall take all necessary measures to promote COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and ensure the wearing of face masks, hand hygiene and social distancing,” the notification said according to HT.
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On Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said that 86.37 per cent of the new cases in the country are from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
