Petrol breaches Rs 100 per litre mark in Mumbai
Mumbai has become the first metro city that is selling petrol at over Rs 100 per litre to consumers. Maintaining the price rise momentum, oil companies raised the price of petrol and diesel again on Saturday by 25-30 paise per litre. With this, petrol prices rose 25 paise per litre in Mumbai taking up retail price there from Rs 99.94 per litre a day earlier to Rs 100.19 per litre on Saturday.
COVID-19 restrictions extended by 15 days, new guidelines on June 1: Maha minister
The lockdown-like-restrictions in Maharashtra on account of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended by 15 days but a fresh set of guidelines will be issued on June 1, health minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday.
The state cabinet had taken the decision to extend the curbs on people's movement and businesses -- in force since mid-April -- in a meeting on Thursday.
"As far as lockdown is concerned, 15 days' extension has been given, but the guidelines related to it will be issued on June 1," Tope told reporters.
No relaxation will be given in the areas where the number of patients and positivity rate are still high and hospital bed availability is an issue, he said.
"But in the areas where the situation has improved, certain guidelines (easing the curbs) can beissued," he added. Asked if shops selling non-essential commodities will be allowed to open, he said all such decisions will be taken on June 1.
Mumbai reports 924 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths
Mumbai witnessed 924 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths, taking its infection tally to 7,02,522 and death toll to 14,750.
Maha reports 20,740 COVID-19 cases, 424 deaths; 31,671 recover
Maharashtra recorded 20,740 new coronavirus positive cases on Friday, taking the state's infection tally to 56,92,920, while 424 fatalities pushed the overall death toll to 93,198, the health department said. As many as 30,671 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the recovery count to 53,07,874. With this, Maharashtra's active case count stood at 2,89,088, it said. The state's COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 93.24 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 1.64 per cent now, the department said. The positivity rate is 16.57 per cent. As many as 2,64,076 people were tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the number of samples examined so far in the state to 3,43,50,186, it said.