The Maharashtra government on Monday has imposed curbs on the timings of grocery shops from 7 am to 11 am amid a spike in the COVID-19 caseload in the state. Health Minister Rajesh Tope, while announcing the decision, also indicated that a decision on imposing a complete lockdown may be taken by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the next two days. Meanwhile, 58,924 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, according to the state health ministry. This has taken the total number of positive cases in the country to 1,53,21,089. With this, the total number of recoveries reached 1,31,08,582 in India.

Source: dna April 20, 2021 09:55 UTC