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Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nagpur government on Monday (February 22) announced that schools, colleges, and coaching classes will remain closed till March 7.
Power Minister Nitin Raut announced that main markets will remain shut on weekends.
Additionally, hotels and restaurants can operate at 50 percent capacity.
Nagpur: Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nagpur government on Monday (February 22) announced that schools, colleges, and coaching classes will remain closed till March 7. Power Minister Nitin Raut announced that main markets will remain shut on weekends.
Additionally, hotels and restaurants can operate at 50 percent capacity. Due to rising COVID-19 cases in Nagpur district, schools, colleges, and coaching classes will remain closed till March 7. Main markets to remain closed on weekends and hotels, restaurants to run at 50 percent capacity and marriage halls to be closed after February 25 till March 7, Raut said.
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Amid increasing cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has given a stern warning to the people of the state and said there will be a total lockdown if people don t start wearing face masks.
CM Thackeray said that lockdown will start from tomorrow evening wherever needed .
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Describing as "alarming" the rise in fresh COVID-19 cases in some districts of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday warned of taking some "harsh decisions" and asked people to be prepared.
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MUMBAI: Two days after reporting a significant drop in Covid-19 deaths, the state and the city reported an increase in fatalities on Tuesday. The state reported 64 deaths, more than double the deaths reported on Monday (29), and while Mumbai reported nine deaths, it was thrice the number reported for the last two days (3).
Also, the state reported 3,160 fresh cases, taking the total cases to 19,50,171. The total fatalities in the state stand at 49,759. Mumbai reported 539 new cases, taking its total caseload to 2,95,525; the city s fatalities stood at 11,147.
Dr Pradeep Awate, the state s epidemiologist, said the eight patients found positive with the UK variant were all doing well. All are asymptomatic, and two of them have been discharged already, he said, adding that the strain was said to be 70% more transmissible but not so virulent. In Mumbai, all five patients who have been found positive