PTI reports. Collector Vipin Itankar issued an order to this effect on Thursday.Also Read | Vaccine confidence in India is ticking more boxes nowMaharashtra on Thursday recorded 14,317 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day spike this year, which took its caseload to 22,66,374, a health official said.
Nagpur city recorded the highest 1,701 new cases, followed by 1,514 cases in Pune and 1,509 in Mumbai city.The Union Health Ministry has expressed concerns over the Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra. "We are very worried about Maharashtra.
This is a serious matter. This has two lessons- don't take the virus for granted and if we have to remain Covid free, then, we need to follow Covid appropriate behaviour," Member (Health), NITI Aayog Dr.