Maharashtra Covid-19 lockdown news: State reports 51,751 new Covid cases, 258 deaths

Pune district reports 9,621 new cases, 8,151 recoveries and 86 deaths in last 24 hours.

Pune district has received 6000 injections of Remdesivir today. The injections will be delivered to hospitals directly through company depot and stockists: Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh. (ANI)

Maharashtra reports 51,751 new Covid cases, 52,312 recoveries & 258 deaths in the last 24 hours. (ANI)

The Centre earns about 50% of its revenue from Mumbai. To help our migrant workers and small-scale industrialists, we need its (Centre's) support. We request the Centre to provide a package, and further, we'll also contribute to it: Aslam Shaikh, Maharashtra minister. (ANI)

The state govt is making a fool-proof plan on what needs to be allowed & for how many days, during the lockdown. This will give sufficient time to people if they want to move somewhere or come here, & prepare them mentally, ahead of lockdown: Aslam Shaikh, Maharashtra minister. (ANI)

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) updated data, 6,905 fresh infections took the financial capital's COVID-19 caseload to 5,27,119, while the death toll jumped to 12,060.

Plants in Maharashtra producing 1,200 metric tonnes of oxygen per day and the entire stock is being used for medical purposes in view of Covid-19 situation: Health minister Rajesh Tope. (PTI)

Mumbai reports 6905 Covid-19 cases, 9037 recoveries and 43 deaths. (ANI)

At Maharashtra govt's request, Railways has turned 21 coaches into isolation wards and sent them to Nandurbar. There will be 16 beds in a coach: Western Railway PRO. (ANI)

Amid talks of a complete lockdown in Maharashtra to arrest the Covid-19 surge, the passenger rush on outstation trains in Mumbai has increased since the last weekend, railway sources said on Monday. The Railway administration, however, attributed the passenger rush to the summer season which sees a large number of people travelling to their native places.

Even as the second wave of coronavirus is raging, the BMC’s action against the ‘mask-less’ is losing steam. However officials said that the number of people on the street had also reduced due to the weekend lockdown and so there were fewer number of people who were not wearing masks on the streets.

Covid-19: Aviation Ministry bans in-flight meals on flights having duration of less than 2 hours. (PTI)

Covid-19 has cast its shadow on Class 10, 12 board exams. In view of a steep rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on Monday postponed the state board exams of Classes 10 and 12, which were scheduled to be held later this month.

We'll also be writing to the CBSE, ICSE, IB, Cambridge boards, requesting them to reconsider their exams dates: Maharashtra education minister Varsha Gaikwad. (ANI)

Given the current Covid situation in Maharashtra, we’ve postponed state board exams for class 10th & 12th. Class 12th exams will be held by end of May, while 10th standard exams will be in June. Fresh dates will be announced accordingly: Maharashtra education minister.

Nagpur gave more jabs than Mumbai, Pune last week

The Nagpur district once again maintained its 4th spot among the state’s 35 districts in the Covid vaccination drive in the week gone by. On Sunday, the state crossed one crore inoculations and the 11 districts of Vidarbha have contributed 20% or 20.97 lakh jabs in the overall achievement. In terms of weekly achievement, Nagpur district was ahead of Mumbai which saw an increase of 18.40%. Pune registered 29% increase in vaccination, followed by Thane at 26%. The three bigger districts — Mumbai, Pune and Thane (in this order) — are ahead of Nagpur in cumulative inoculations till date.

Covid-19: Greater Mumbai civic body to appoint nodal officers for better coordination (ANI)

BMC will operationalise 1100 additional DCHC/DCH COVID beds including 125 ICUs in next 7 days: BMC (ANI)

62 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra village after Bagad festival (PTI)

Sixty two new Covid-19 cases have been reported from a village here in Maharashtra after the annual 'Bagad Yatra' festival held earlier this month, officials said on Monday. Hundreds of people gathered at Bavdhan village in Wai tehsil of Satara district on April 2 during the Bagad (chariot of God) festival, celebrated to seek blessings of a local deity, in violation of the Covid-19 guidelines. Later, the district administration had registered a case against more than 100 people, the officials said. "From February 1 till date, Bavdhan has reported a total of 109 Covid-19 cases. Out of these, 47 patients have recovered. Currently, there are 62 active cases, all reported after the Bagad Yatra," a district health official said. "So, we can say the caseload increased after the festival," he added. The neighbouring Vaghjaiwadi village, whose residents also took part in the festival, currently has 15 active Covid-19 cases, all reported after the event, he said. On April 9, Bavdhan village reported 17 Covid-19 cases, its highest number so far, the official said, adding that the village reported 12 new cases on April 10.

Maharashtra becomes 1st state to give 1 crore vaccine shots, 5 crore to go

Maharashtra on Sunday crossed the one crore-mark in Covid-19 vaccination, touching 1,00,38,421 doses, the highest by any state. Rajasthan is a close second with nearly 96 lakh doses. The state’s target population is an estimated three crore, which means 5 crore doses are yet to be given (two per person).