Maharashtra: Satara district under complete lockdown

In Maharashtra,the Satara district is under complete lockdown from Saturday to arrest the spread of Coronavirus desease.  As per the official order, fourth-level restrictions have been imposed in the district; only services that come under the essential category are exempted, rest of everything will remain shut for the next eight days. The restrictions will be in force from Monday to Friday. While on the weekend - Saturday and Sunday - a complete curfew will continue in the district. Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur and Ahmednagar districts of western Maharashtra will also see weekend lockdown to curb the Covid-19 spread. Meanwhile, a strict lockdown will also be implemented in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Kalyan Dombivali, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik, Vasai-Virar and other municipal areas, said the Maharashtra government order. 

Maharashtra is among the few states of the country that are seeing an uptick in daily cases of infection. On Saturday, it added 9,489 to the tally, which now stands at 60,88,841, as per the daily health bulletin. The fatalities rose to 1,22,724 after 153 people succumbed to the viral disease. Out of the fresh cases, Mumbai added 571 new cases and 21 deaths, which raised the total count of infections to 7,24,122 and the death toll to 15,520, the health bulletin said.