Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray dismisses lockdown rumors, urges people not to crowd

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, on Friday, clarified that state government had t re-anunced lockdown and urged people to follow  government guideline on safety and precautions against COVId-19. CM's clarification comes after rumours of a lockdown re-anuncement made rounds amid rising number of coronavirus cases in state capital of Mumbai.

Taking to Twitter, Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office clarified that such anuncement had been made and urged people to t crowd anywhere and follow government's instructions in order to stay safe. 

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Maharastra CM clarifies on lockdown rumours

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Maharashtra's COVID tally

Witnessing its biggest spike yet, Maharashtra on Thursday, reported 3607 new cases of COVID-19 infection along with 152 deaths. state also saw 1561 patients recovered, taking its recovered tally to 46,078.

At present, Maharashtra has 97,648 COVID-19 cases with 3590 deaths - with Mumbai amounting for 54,085 cases and 1954 deaths.

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Situation in Mumbai worsens

With 1540 vel coronavirus cases detected in Mumbai on Thursday, June 11,  city's COVID-19 tally soared to 53,985. In day, 516 COVID-19 patients were discharged taking number of recovered to 24,209.

About 97 more casualties were reported, propelling Mumbai's death toll to 1,952, wherein 65 of aforesaid deceased had co-morbidities. At present, re are 27,854 active COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's capital. 4633 out of overall 2,42,923 samples were tested for COVID-19 on Thursday. Thus, Mumbai witnessed a high positivity rate of 33.23% on June 11. 

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