New Delhi: The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra rose to 38 after one more person tested positive for COVID-19 in Yavatmal, said the District Collector MD Singh.
Among the four new cases, three have been reported from Mumbai and one from Navi Mumbai. Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in India.
Health minister Rajesh Tope earlier on Saturday evening announced that shopping malls across the state will remain closed till month-end.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and Health Minister Rajesh Tope along with Chief Secretary is holding a review meeting with district magistrates via video conferencing https://t.co/axGhftrp4Z
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A total of 110 cases of coronavirus, including 17 foreign nationals, have been confirmed across India, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.
Two people have so far died of the infection in the country so far. The virus had first emerged in China’s Wuhan city in December last year. (ANI)