COVID-19: Maharashtra govt extends lockdown in state till June 1

The Maharashtra government has extended the lockdown in the state till June 1 7am to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earlier the lockdown was imposed until May 15. As per the guidelines, private offices, non-essential shops and establishments will continue to remain completely shut.

The state government has also made it mandatory for citizens to carry negative RT-PCR report entering the state through any mode of transportation. 

Maharashtra’s daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continued to rise on Wednesday with 46,781 new cases and 816 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours taking the caseload and death toll to 5,226,710 and 78,007 respectively, according to the state health department’s bulletin.

As many as 58,805 recoveries were recorded on Wednesday taking the total recoveries past 4.6 million. The recovery rate is currently at 88.01 per cent.

Maharashtra Government extends the current COVID19 restrictions in the state till 7am on 1st June, to fight COVID19; negative RT-PCR report mandatory for those entering the state pic.twitter.com/jjccnpP6KV

— ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2021