In Maharashtra, Nagpur city will be under lockdown from March 15 ti 21 due to the rising cases of coronavirus. On Wednesday, Nagpur registered 1710 new cases of coronavirus and 8 new deaths. As per orders, industries and essential services will remain open during the lockdown in the city while government offices will function with 25 per cent capacity.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray indicated as COVID-19 cases have been on the rise in Maharashtra for nearly a month. "In the coming days, there might be some places where a lockdown is inevitable. We will take the decision in the next couple of days," Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said after taking his first shot of the anti-Covid vaccine. CM Thakarey has left it to the local administration to take a call on imposing stricter measures - including night curfews or partial lockdowns - to stem the cases of the infection.
Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a high number of fresh COVID-19 cases and together account for 85.91 per cent of the new cases of the coronavirus infection reported in the country in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. India recorded 22,854 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours- the highest in two months-taking the total case load to 1,12,85,561. Today(Thrusday) also marks a year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis as a pandemic. Meanwhile, The Indian Council for Medical Research has said that over 22.42 crore samples have been tested for coronavirus in India so far. Over 7.78 lakh samples were tested on Wednesday.
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