Avoiding any other lockdown turned into nevertheless possible if citizens accompanied protection protocols supposed to minimize the unfold of the coronavirus, COVID-19, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stated in a televised deal with on March eleven as infections spike withinside the western nation after a lull.
The 60-year-vintage leader minister, who were given his first vaccine shot in advance that day, stated his authorities could be compelled to put into effect a entire lockdown in a few regions if policies have been now no longer accompanied via way of means of the people. A selection could be taken withinside the subsequent couple of days, he added.
Having flattened the curve of COVID-19 instances early this year, Maharashtra has witnessed a pointy upward thrust in infections over the past month.
On March eleven, Maharashtra pronounced 14,317 new COVID-19 instances. The variety changed into round simply 2,500 withinside the preliminary weeks of February. The variety of showed instances withinside the nation now stands at 22.sixty six lakh. With extra than 52,six hundred deaths, Maharashtra stays the worst-affected nation withinside the country.
While extra than 21.06 lakh sufferers have recovered, round 1.06 lakh instances remain ‘active’ withinside the nation.