'Food delivery boys won't face difficulty in carrying out duties': Maha HM Anil Deshmukh

After several incidents of food delivery men t being able to carry out ir duties emerged amid 21-day lockdown across country, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday assured people that se men will t face any difficulty in delivering food.

'I assure that food delivery boys....'

"re would be restriction on timings of essential service shops. I assure that food delivery boys will face difficulty in carrying out ir duties," said Deshmukh. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday ordered to keep shops dealing in essential commodities open day and night.

Coronavirus claims 5 lives in Maharashtra

A 65-year-old woman who h tested positive for Coronavirus died at a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday evening, taking number of deaths due to virus in Maharashtra to five, officials said. woman died at civic-run Kasturba Hospital, said BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

She was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, BMC statement said. In morning, health officials h informed that test report of a woman from Navi Mumbai who h died on March 24 came out positive for Coronavirus.

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Of five persons who have died in state so far, three were from Mumbai and two from peripheral Mumbai Metropolitan Region. woman who died on Thursday evening h been mitted to Kasturba Hospital on March 23 after she complained of breathlessness. number of Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased to 130 on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday anunced a 21-day lockdown in entire country effective from midnight to deal with spre of Coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is only option to deal with disease. According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday surged to 694 in country, including 633 active cases. re have been 16 deaths due to dely virus.

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(With ncy inputs)