Published 20:29 IST, April 22nd 2020
Maharashtra reports 431 new cases, as IMCT visits COVID-hit Mumbai and Pune
Seeing a small dip in the daily COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra on Wednesday, reported 431 fresh cases with 18 deaths. 67 patients have been discharged, tally- 5689
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Seeing a small dip in daily COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra on Wednesday, reported 431 fresh cases with 18 deaths. 67 patients have been discharged - taking tally to 789 patients. state tally w stands at 5649 with 269 deaths - Mumbai amounts to 3683 cases and 161 deaths.
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Maharashtra: 431 fresh cases
Mumbai tops Coronavirus tally
financial capital of state has been worst affected district in entire country, registering over a hundred cases per day. BMC has set up 861 containment zones throughout Mumbai since rise in number of cases. With over 1 million people living in five square kilometer area, Dharavi is Mumbai's most densely populated area and has been under severe scrutiny - recording 189 cases with 12 deaths. Centre's inter-ministerial team has visited several areas of Mumbai's containment zones and has recommended adding more isolation beds as number cases rise in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra partially opens 'orange & green zones'
On Sunday, CM Uddhav Thackeray anunced that state government will partially resumption of ecomic activities from April 20 in Green and Orange zones. However, he clarified that movement of workers and inter-district travel will t be allowed to contain spread of vel coronavirus. government also had to rollback partial relaxation in Pune and Mumbai as COVID cases soared.
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On March 14, Thackeray government invoked Epidemic Diseases Act declaring Coronavirus as an epidemic - declaring all gyms, swimming pools, malls, atres, pubs shut in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad till March 31 amid rising cases of Coronavirus. government also shut all educational institutions and postponed all exams, except 10 & 12th board exams. With railways shutting down its services on March 22 marking 'Janta Curfew', Maharashtra government extended a state-wide curfew, stopping all transport services across districts.
20:29 IST, April 22nd 2020