To curb the coronavirus surge, a 12-hour night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am will be imposed in Maharashtra's Pune district from tomorrow, said an official on Friday.
Situation will be reviewed on next Friday, said Pune Divisional Commissioner Saurabh Rao while announcing Covid-related restrictions.
Bars, hotels, restaurants will remain closed for 7 days and only home delivery will be allowed. No public function, except funerals and weddings, will be allowed. Maximum 20 people in funerals and 50 in weddings. Order to come into effect from tomorrow, said Rao.
Siddharth Shirole, an MLA from Pune's Shivajinagar constituency, said on Twitter that "Bars, Malls, Cinema Halls, PMPML Buses, Religious Places, Weekly Vegetable Markets will be closed for next 7 days".
#Pune Restrictions for the Next 7 Days.
— Siddharth Shirole (@SidShirole) April 2, 2021
Starting Tomorrow
Restaurants (other than delivery), Bars, Malls, Cinema Halls, #PMPML Buses, Religious Places, Weekly Vegetable Markets will be closed for next 7 days.
6:00 PM to 6:00 AM Strict Curfew on non-emergency movement of people
Pune district in Maharashtra reported as many as 8,011 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, which pushed its cumulative count to 5,42,422, a health official said.
This is for the second consecutive day the district has recorded more than 8,000 cases.
On Wednesday, the district had reported 8,605 new infection cases, its biggest single-day spike ever since the pandemic began last year.
Its fatality count reached 10,039 as 65 patients succumbed to the infection during the day.
"Of the total number of new cases, 4,103 were reported from the areas located within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, where the caseload has gone up to 2,73,446," the official said.
Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune city's neighbouring industrial township, reported 2,113 new cases, which pushed its overall count to 1,42,251.
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