Maharashtra: Complete Lockdown Imposed In District, Several Others Witness Weekend Curfew; Check Details

Several COVID restrictions will be witnessed across Maharashtra wherever a surge in Coronavirus cases is being witnessed.

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Mumbai: While COVID-19 cases surge again in certain regions, the Maharashtra government has imposed full lockdown in Satara district till July 5.

Besides this, strict weekend lockdown will be imposed in Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, and Ahmednagar districts of western Maharashtra due to the high prevalence of coronavirus cases. All other activities will be restricted in Pune except for essential services.

A strict lockdown will, as per inputs, be implemented in Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Kalyan Dombivali, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Nashik, Vasai-Virar, and other municipal areas. 

In Satara, District Collector Shekhar Singh has imposed Level 4 restrictions in the entire district and the restrictions will come into force from Monday till Friday.

What's Allowed In Satara:

• Only shops providing essential commodities will remain open.
• Essential services including grocery shops, vegetable shops, fruit sellers, dairy, bakery, mutton, chicken, egg, fish shops, cold storage, warehouses will be allowed.
• Hospitals, diagnosis centres, vaccination centres, medical insurance offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment sales shops will be allowed to continue.
• All SEBI-controlled offices will remain open.
• All services designated by the Reserve Bank of India will be allowed.
• Electricity and gas supply, petrol pumps, petroleum-related products, all types of financial institutions, newspapers will be allowed to operate.

Restrictions In Satara:

• People can walk in public places from 5 AM to 9 AM.
• Agricultural shops to be opened till 2 PM.
• All schools, colleges, coaching classes will be completely closed.
• All shops except essential services will remain closed.
• Hotels, restaurants will remain closed.
• Parcel services to continue from 9 AM till 8 PM.
• No sports competitions will be held.

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 9,489 fresh coronavirus cases and 153 fatalities while 8,395 patients recovered, the state health department informed.

With the new additions, the tally of infections in Maharashtra reached 60,88,841, and the death toll to 1,22,724.

The count of recoveries in Maharashtra now stands at 58,45,315, leaving the state with 1,17,575 active cases.