Nagpur to enter weeklong lockdown from March 15

Nagpur to enter weeklong lockdown from March 15

Nagpur will enter a strict one-week lockdown starting March 15, the city’s watchdog minister Nitin Raut announced on Thursday.

“The total closure will remain imposed in the Nagpur City Police Commissioner’s area from March 15-21. Essential services will continue,” Raut was quoted as saying by the news agency. AND ME.

Government offices will reportedly operate at 25% capacity. Essential services, such as medical, milk and vegetable stores, may remain open.

This comes amid an increase in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra. The state recorded 1.31 lakh of new Covid cases in February, up from 92,177 recorded in January and 1.20 lakh in December.

But deaths, on a positive note, are down from 2,370 in December to 1,561 in January and 1,072 in February.

In Mumbai, active infections rose from 5,296 a month ago to 9,373 as of Tuesday as a result of the operation of local train services for the public.

Amravati, Yavatmal, Mumbai, Akola and parts of Vidarbha emerged as worrying districts with cases spiked around February 9. A weekly analysis of all districts shows that a maximum increase has been recorded in Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Thane, Jalgaon, Akola, Aurangabad, and Washim.

Five districts (Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, and Amravati) contribute 59.4 percent of the state’s number of active cases.

However, Amravati is now noticing a slight decrease in daily new cases due to the stricter lockdown measures. From 1,144 active cases as of February 9 to 6,446 cases as of February 25, the number of active cases has now dropped to 5,373 positive cases.

In February, closure was imposed in parts of three districts of Vidarbha from 5 am on February 23 to 5 am on March 1.