Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra State, the Aurangabad city authorities on Sunday announced partial lockdown to be imposed from March 11 and full lockdown on weekends.
Night restrictions from 9 pm to 6 am, to be also imposed in Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) amid rising COVID19 cases from March 11 to April 4 and Full lockdown to be imposed on weekends. During this period, schools, colleges, wedding halls to remain closed, said Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde in the announcement.
As fresh case s in the city hit a 131-day high of 1,361, the guardian minister for the island city, Aslam Shaikh. Covid-19 cases in the state spiked beyond 11,000 on Sunday, hitting a 142-day high of 11,141.
The public health department gave a presentation before the cabinet chaired by CM Uddhav Thackeray, who expressed concern over the increasing number of cases in many districts, with the active caseloads of some as high as the peak period of September. Sources said the possibility of a partial lockdown was discussed, report Sujit Mahamulkar & Sumitra Debroy.
Aurangabad has a tally of 52,103 infections in total and the death toll stands at 1,284. As per the health authorities bulletin, the district added 459 cases to its cumulative total on Friday.
After reporting more than 10,000 fresh coronavirus positive cases on two days in a row, Maharashtra on Sunday added 11,141 new infections, taking the tally to 22,19,727 while 38 deaths pushed the toll to 52,478, the state health department said.
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