Maharashtra Government is likely to extend the lockdown till the end of May.

Key sentence:

• Maharashtra will probably expand the Covid-19 lockdown till May-end.
• On Monday, the test positivity rate remained at 19.36%, against the week after week pace of 20.82%. 
• Maharashtra may extend the curfew until May end.

Maharashtra will probably expand the Covid-19 lockdown till May-end, even as it announced the most reduced single-day spike in contaminations in 41 days. 

With 37,236 diseases (27,918 cases were accounted for on March 30), the state’s count went up to 5,138,973, while the cost rose to 76,398 with 549 additional passings. 

The test positivity rate on Monday stood at 19.36%:

The plunge in cases on Monday came during a drop in the number of tests to 192,330 out of 24 hours, underneath day by day normal of more than 2,50,000 tests in recent weeks. 

On Monday, the test positivity rate remained at 19.36%, against the week after week pace of 20.82%. Mumbai, as well, announced its least one-day spike in 56 days (1,782 cases) after revealing 1,713 diseases on March 15. 

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The state government is all set to extend its current lockdown:

The state government is good to expand its present lockdown by an additional fourteen days after it closes at 7 am on May 15. 

The lockdown will be, however exacting as it seems to be present, while in certain areas where the cases are on the ascent, the neighbourhood organizations are required to force stricter controls. 

The choice is required to be taken in the state bureau on Wednesday. Cases are on the ascent in 21 areas and dropping in 15, including Mumbai and Thane. 

The hindered inoculation drive is another justification for the expansion of the lockdown. 

We will still have to follow stricter curbs to bring the cases down; an official stated:

“Even though the day by day caseload has balanced out in recent weeks, it is still at the normal of more than 55,000, which is a lot higher than the pinnacle of the primary wave, when the most elevated everyday top was 24,886 cases on September 11 a year ago. 

We will, in any case, need to follow stricter checks to cut the cases down. The strain on the well-being foundation has been decreased altogether, with over 25% of beds in the state empty. 

In certain locale, the rate is 40. In any case, a few areas like Kolhapur, Sangli are seeing an ascent in the number of cases. 

The greater part of the regions is as yet logging an ascent in everyday cases. In such a situation, the lockdown will proceed in its present structure in any event for two additional weeks,” said an authority.