Curfew imposed across Maha

Mumbai, March 23

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a statewide curfew from midnight tonight and sealing of all district borders within the state even as the number of people who tested positive for the Covid-19 virus rose to 89.

The death toll from Covid in the state has risen to three with one patient, a Filipino national, dying at a city hospital today. According to the health department, the Filipino male aged 68 years old was suffering from a number of complications, including impaired kidney function. He had been shifted from the state-run Kasturba Hospital to a private hospital after he tested negative for the Covid-19 virus last week, according to officials.

Thackeray said he was compelled to impose curfew across Maharashtra as people had disobeyed the government’s order to stay and home and were moving about.

Lauding the people for making Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday a success, Thackeray said it was not enough to eradicate the coronavirus. “Simply clapping will not make the virus go away,” the CM said. — TNS