COVID-19: Lockdown in Pune district extended till July 23

In view of the increasing cases in Pune district, the lockdown has been extended by 10 days starting 13 July. The guidelines pertaining to the lockdown will be issued soon, said the authorities. 

The lockdown period between July 13 and July 18 will be stricter, wherein only milk shops, pharmacies and clinics will be allowed to operate. Emergency services have been excluded from the lockdown, divisional commissioner (Pune division) Deepak Mhaisekar said.

The lockdown in Pune district has been extended by 10 day in the view of the increasing coronavirus cases. The lockdown has been extended in the entire Pune district including Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The decision has been taken following orders given by the Deputy Chief Minister and Pune Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar. 

A complete lockdown for 15 days starting from next Monday, i.e. from midnight on July 13 has been announced by the authorities. 

Earlier, the district collector had also warned of imposing stricter restrictions. "People are seen stepping out of their houses without wearing masks and are violating social distancing norms. If this continues, the district administration will have to take some stringent steps which include imposing stricter restrictions," said district collector Naval Kishore Ram.

Pune district in Maharashtra reported its highest single-day spike of 1,803 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed its overall count to 34,399, a health official said on Friday.