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
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 - taking the tally to 789 patients. The state tally now stands at 5649 with 269 deaths - Mumbai amounts to 3683 cases and 161 deaths.
Maharashtra: 431 fresh cases
Mumbai tops Coronavirus tally
The financial capital of the state has been the worst affected district in the entire country, registering over a hundred cases per day. BMC has set up 861 containment zones throughout Mumbai since the rise in the 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. The Centre's inter-ministerial team has visited several areas of Mumbai's containment zones and has recommended adding more isolation beds as the number cases rise in Mumbai.
Maharashtra partially opens 'orange & green zones'
On Sunday, CM Uddhav Thackeray announced that the state government will partially resumption of economic activities from April 20 in Green and Orange zones. However, he clarified that the movement of workers and inter-district travel will not be allowed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The government also had to rollback the partial relaxation in Pune and Mumbai as COVID cases soared.
On March 14, the Thackeray government invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act declaring the Coronavirus as an epidemic - declaring all gyms, swimming pools, malls, theatres, pubs shut in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad till March 31 amid the rising cases of Coronavirus. The government also shut all educational institutions and postponed all exams, except the 10 & 12th board exams. With the railways shutting down its services on March 22 marking 'Janta Curfew', the Maharashtra government extended a state-wide curfew, stopping all transport services across districts.
Updated 20:29 IST, April 22nd 2020