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As part of the Mission Begin Again initiative, malls and market complexes without theatres, food courts and restaurants will be operational between 9 am and 7 pmfrom August 5, the notification said.
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Government on Wednesday extended the lockdown in the state till August 31 in view of rising coronavirus cases.
A notification issued by Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar said the decision has been taken as an “emergency step to prevent and contain” the spread of COVID-19.
As part of the Mission Begin Again initiative, malls and market complexes without theatres, food courts and restaurants will be operational between 9 am and 7 pmfrom August 5, the notification said.
Maharashtra Government had last month extended the lockdown till July 31 amid a steady growth in the COVID-19 cases in the state.
With 9,211 new patients being detected, the number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra on Wednesday crossed the four lakh-mark.
While the case count in the state reached 4,00,651, death toll due to the pandemic went up to 14,463 with 298 patients dying, 60 of them in Mumbai, during the day, said health minister Rajesh Tope.
7,478 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 2,39,755.
Maharashtra has now 1,46,129 active cases.
A total of 20,16,234 people have been tested so far in the state, the health department said in a statement.
The Mumbai city and suburban areas reported 1,109 and 3,324 fresh cases of COVID-19, respectively. The case count in the state’s capital, thus, is 1,11,991 and death toll 6,247.
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Harekrishnarama 10 hours ago Please find out how many people were infected by flu and pneumonia during the first six months last year in 2019- and how many in 2020- we know that about 7 million people died from flu and pneumonia worldwide last year … why no proper statistics were informed to us – why this fear being created for covid19- is there a hidden agenda ?? india has lost about a trillion dollars due to this planned activity of the WHO/IMF team- why have we played into their hands???- was there too much pressure against india – like they would withdraw most of the FDIs or the rating agencies will junk us- or some other agenda to make billions from test kits, vaccines, ppe equipment etc – our 200 million indians lost their jobs/sme businesses- will covid disappear after november 4 , 2020 after the trump elections- ???? |
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