Madhya Pradesh reported 1,140 coronavirus cases on Friday (file)
Bhopal:
A closure has been announced in the capitals of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur. All three cities will be closed from 10 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Monday, and their schools and universities will remain closed until March 31, the state government said Friday. The announcement comes amid a massive increase in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra with which the state shares its border.
Madhya Pradesh reported 1,140 coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing its total cases to 2.73,097. The state now has more than 6,600 active cases.
The state’s death count rose to 7 today. 3,901 people have died in Madhya Pradesh since the start of the pandemic.
Indore (309 cases), Bhopal (272 cases) and Jabalpur (97 cases) were the worst affected cities on Friday.
Maharashtra recorded 25,681 cases on Friday, representing more than 60 percent of the total daily cases nationwide. The state had registered 25,833 new cases on Thursday, the highest level since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
Madhya Pradesh Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced several restrictions in the state on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to top state ministers not to allow the country to reach its second coronavirus spike.
Chouhan ordered the bus service to and from Maharashtra to stop from March 20.
Under the new rules, markets in parts of Madhya Pradesh will be closed from 10 pm to 6 am.
He also asked officials to increase the number of vaccinations to 5 lakh per day.
With the coronavirus spreading rapidly once again, economic activities cannot be stopped to control it, the Chief Minister said Thursday in an online meeting with district officials and doctors.
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