Maharashtra Covid lockdown news: State reports 31,643 new cases, 102 deaths

Alarmed at Maharashtra recording its highest single-day tally of 40,414 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, CM Uddhav Thackeray went into a huddle with the state task force and asked chief secretary Sitaram Kunte to immediately draw up a strategy for the “last resort” of a lockdown. The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is waiting for the approval of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the proposed RT-PCR laboratory at the new Bytco hospital in the city. The Nashik city police have issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC in a bid to ensure that Dhulivandan-related programmes on Monday (March 29) and Rang panchami events on Friday (April 2) do not take place in the old city area. Given the Covid-19 situation, the police have banned all gatherings, social, religious and political programmes. Stay with TOI for everything from your city.

08:27 (IST) Mar 28

PMC seeks compliance reports from hospitals

The Pune Municipal Corporation has sought post-fire audit compliance report of all civic and private hospitals in the city against the backdrop of the fire in a Covid health facility in Bhandup, which left nine dead. The fire safety audit of the hospitals were conducted in January after the fire at Bhandara hospital earlier this year. Officials said while most hospitals had met the fire safety norms, they were requiredtosubmitdetailed compliance reports in the next two days. “If any recommended works remain to be done, the hospitals will have to complete them in the next10 days,” a civic official said.

08:26 (IST) Mar 28

Centre’s 5-step strategy to curb surge in Maharashtra districts

At a review meeting conducted by the Centre on Saturday, officials from 25 districts in the state that account for 60% of the Covid-19 cases over the past week in the country were directed to isolate as many asymptomatic patients as possible in institutional facilities. They were also told to increase fines for Covid-inappropriate behaviour. The districts have been given a 5-pronged strategy: exponentially raise testing, ensure effective contact tracing, implement Covidappropriate behaviour, boost vaccination and strengthen health infrastructure.

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