The total number of cases in Maharashtra, the worst affected state by the virus, nears 25,000 cases with 868 deaths. Mumbai nears 15,000 cases.
Mumbai| On Tuesday, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asked the district officials to present an exit strategy of their respective areas from the nationwide lockdown by May 15.
CM has also sought recommendations of regulations that need to be imposed as part of the containment strategy.
The state is inclined towards easing constraints further in less-affected areas while maintaining the lockdown in red zones such as Mumbai, Pune and Nashik.
On Tuesday, Thackeray in a video conference with Divisional Commissioners and District Collectors said: āA careful plan should be presented by each district officials regarding the lockdown scenario after May 17 along with suggestions and expectations.ā
Thackeray, on the lockdown exit plan, highlighted strict lockdown implementation in containment zones (where cases are found in large numbers) and said that the infection should not spread out of these areas.
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The CM also said that those districts that have sufficient health machinery should start door-to-door screening of people, which was followed in Goa, to ascertain symptoms and comorbidities.
The state recorded 1,026 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 24,427. Meanwhile, Mumbai is nearing the 15,000-mark after its total climbed to 14,947 with the addition of 426 new infections. On Tuesday, 53 new fatalities were recorded, taking the toll to 921.
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