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Amid a contemporary surge in coronavirus instances, many areas in Maharashtra have night time curfews and different restrictions in place. Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar mentioned imposing an evening curfew is “necessary” proper now.
Pednekar mentioned authorities are additionally contemplating shifting the crowded markets to new websites. “All Mumbaikars need to work together to prevent the imposition of a lockdown,” she mentioned.
On Wednesday, 23,179 individuals examined constructive in Maharashtra. The state recorded 84 extra deaths as a result of an infection taking the full dying toll to 53,080. Nagpur was one of the worst affected reporting a single-day spike of 3,370 coronavirus instances. At least 16 sufferers died, whereas 1,216 have been discharged from hospitals in the course of the day.
The quantity of COVID-19 instances in Mumbai rose by 2,377, the very best single day addition since October final 12 months, to the touch 3,49,958. The determine was 2,823 on October 8.
The Centre has already warned that Maharashtra is “at the beginning of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic”.
Last week, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had warned individuals to not “force” him to impose a statewide lockdown. In a stern warning, Uddhav mentioned this was the “last hint” and that he shouldn’t be “forced” to impose a lockdown and stricter restrictions.
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