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Maharashtra: 19-year-old boy hangs self in Beed after mother switches off TV
A 19-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after his mother switched off the television at home in Kej tehsil of Maharashtra s Beed district, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday morning in Vakilwadi area, an official said.
The deceased, who studied at a local school, was watching television lying down after his online classes got over, he said. His mother asked him to watch TV sitting properly and then proceeded to switch it off. Thereafter, he went to the bathroom and hanged himself. His mother and sister later found the body and informed the police, the official added.
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Maharashtra reports 23,179 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours.
The graph of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra continues to witness an upsurge with 23,179 more people testing positive in the last 24 hours. The state recorded 84 more deaths due to the infection taking the total death toll to 53,080.Â
The total number of cases stands at 23,70,507, while active cases are 1,52,760, official data showed on Wednesday.Â
Nagpur was one of the worst affected reporting a single-day spike of 3,370 coronavirus cases. At least 16 patients died, while 1,216 were discharged from hospitals during the day, officials said.Â
The Centre has already warned that Maharashtra is in the beginning of a second wave of Covid-19 pandemic .