Maharashtra Again lockdown: Report 8,067 cases in single day, 50 percent more than yesterday

Maharashtra Again lockdown Corona cases sudden hike in India, more cases found in Maharashtra. Fear starts Maharashtra Again lockdown after Reports 8,067 cases in single day, 50 percent more than yesterday. Maharashtra on Friday recorded 8,067 new Coronavirus cases along with eight fatalities. Among the new infections are four Omicron variant cases reported in the state.

As per the Maharashtra health department, 8,067 new cases were reported in the state today. On Thursday, the state had reported 5,368 new Coronavirus cases. 1,766 COVID-19 patients were discharged today taking the overall recoveries to 65,09,096. With this, the recovery rate in the state stands at 97.46 per cent. With 8 deaths, the case fatality rate in Maharashtra reached 2.11 per cent.

The capital city Mumbai has contributed to the caseload majorly as it recorded 5,631 fresh COVID cases wherein 4,223 patients are reported to be asymptomatic. The city also logged 548 recoveries, and one fatality today. On Friday, the country’s financial capital recorded 3,671 infections.

Maharashtra government tighten the restriction in state. Mumbai Imposed curb 5 PM to 5 AM for 15 days from today. People in Mumbai won’t be allowed to visit beaches, open grounds, sea faces, promenades, parks and similar public places between 5 pm and 5 am till January 15 given the massive spike in coronavirus cases, Mumbai Police said in an order on New Year’s Eve.

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Mumbai curb Large gatherings also stand banned under the order which came into force from 1 pm on Friday and will remain till January 15, unless withdrawn earlier, senior police officer S Chaitanya said. “The city continues to be threatened with COVID-19 pandemic in light of the increase in cases and emergence of the new Omicron variant,” the order said. The prohibitory order was issued to prevent danger to human life, health and safety and to curb transmission of the virus, it added.

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Four cases of Omicron variant infection have been reported in the state. “These cases are one each from Vasai Virar, Navi Mumbai, Meera Bhainder and Panvel,” the health department statement informed. To date, a total of 454 patients infected with Omicron variant have been reported in the state.