MUMBAI : Maharashtra may extend the lockdown in the state till 31 May as the state has been witnessing a continuous rise in the number of covid-19 cases. "The current count of COVID-19 patients in the state of Maharashtra is 27,524.
Today, newly 1,602 patients have been identified as positive. Also, newly 512 patients have been cured today, totally 6059 patients are cured and discharged from the hospitals.
Total Active patients are 20441" said Rajesh Tope on Thursday. Maharashtra, on Thursday, has recorded the highest jump in daily cases of covid-19.
Covid-19 cases were around 25,922 in Maharashtra and 15,747 in Mumbai on Wednesday. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, had on 8 May indicated that the lockdown may be extended till the end of