Maharashtra Reports Over 16,000 Fresh Covid Cases, Night Curfew Imposed in Latur District

Maharashtra: Latur district administration imposes night curfew between 8 pm and 5 am in the district; all weekly markets to remain shut till March 31, emergency services exempted.

Latur: Maharashtra has reported 16,620 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest daily spike in infections in 2021. The latest spike has taken the state’s total case tally to 23,14,413. The state also reported 50 deaths on Sunday, according to the state’s health bulletin.

After Maharashtra witnessed a fresh spike, the Latur district administration on Sunday imposed night curfew between 8 pm and 5 am to contain the spread of the virus in the district. According to the order released by the officials, all weekly markets will remain shut till March 31. However, emergency services have been exempted.

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 16,620 Covid-19 positive cases. With this, the total number of cases in the state has risen to 23,14,413.

The Jalgaon district administration has also framed stringent rules for home isolation for Covid patients, who are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Now, asymptomatic patients over 60 years of age or those with co-morbidity will have to be institutionally quarantined.

District collector Abhijit Raut told The Times of India that they are discouraging home isolation. “We have sufficient beds at our Covid Care Centres (CCC). Moreover, private CCCs are also available for asymptomatic or mild symptomatic patients,” he said.