Masks and social distancing have been made mandatory, spitting and consuming substances such as paan, gutkha have been prohibited.
Anti-maskers will be fined 500 rupees, while the fine for spitting in public is 1000 rupees.
Movie theaters, shopping malls, auditoriums and restaurants will also close at 8 pm. Home delivery of food will be allowed.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar has said that the BMC will seal all residential partnerships that report more than five cases. “We are seeing a higher rate of positivity in skyscrapers than in slums and chawls,” he said.
Hotels and pubs will be closed during the night curfew. Only essential services will be allowed. The nightly curfew in Mumbai may start as early as 10 pm or 11 pm on March 28, the ANI said.
The Kejriwal government in Delhi has decided to keep 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm as a “no registration” window for those eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “People faced difficulties registering for vaccination, many people are not tech savvy. Even if they register, they are busy and do not arrive at the centers, ”said Health Minister Satyendra Jain, adding that during the mentioned time people can go to get vaccinated without registering.
For the first time in 160 days, India’s daily Covid-19 count surpassed 60,000 with Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat recording the most cases. The country also recorded 289 deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, the highest daily figure since December 30. Maharashtra, which is in the midst of the worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic in the country, recorded another all-time high of 36,902 new cases on Friday, while Mumbai surpassed all previous records by registering 5,515 cases. The state has reported more than 35,000 new cases in the two days in a row.
India reported 62,336 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest level since October 17 last year. According to a report by the national newspaper, in addition to Maharashtra, Punjab and Gujarat recorded their highest number of new cases. Punjab added 3,176 infections, surpassing the 3,000 mark for the first time. The state also reported 59 deaths, the second highest in the country after Maharashtra, where the daily toll was 112. Gujarat, with 2,190 new cases on Friday, posted its highest count for the fifth day in a row.
Meanwhile, more than 20,000 beneficiaries received injections of the Covid-19 vaccine in the national capital at 6 p.m. Friday, an official statement here said. In the age group 45 to 59, 2,092 beneficiaries received the vaccines, while 10,571 seniors also received their first blows at 6 p.m., an official said.
The second dose of the vaccine was administered to 4,471 people, he said, adding that 1,900 front-line workers and 1,619 healthcare workers received their first injections. A total of 20,652 people were vaccinated throughout the city.
The city’s vaccination centers operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday. Last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that the number of vaccination centers will double to 1,000 from about 500 today, spanning both government and private facilities.
He had announced that the number of daily inoculations in Delhi would increase from 30,000 to 40,000 at 1.25 lakh. Delhi reported 1,515 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest in more than three months, while five more people succumbed to the disease.
This is the highest number of cases since December 16, when 1,547 people tested positive for the virus, according to official data. The city had registered 1,254 cases on Wednesday and 1,101 cases on Tuesday, the first time since December 24 that the number of cases crossed the 1,000 mark.
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority ordered on Tuesday that there will be no public celebrations in the national capital during upcoming festivals such as Holi and Navratri. Chief Secretary Vijay Dev ordered authorities to ensure strict compliance with the order.
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