Maharashtra on Saturday, extended the lock down in the state till 30 April. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said "We need to break the chain of the virus and for that the lock down needs to continue." The state will however, detail its further lock down plan on 14 April .
Tll Saturday afternoon, Maharashtra had reported 92 new positive cases taking the total number of covid-19 patients to 1666.
Of this, Mumbai alone has seen its cases cross 1000. Thackeray added that 19000 people have been tested in Mumbai alone and the government is declaring containment zones and sealing them to contain the virus' spread.