The Maharashtra government has warned of taking “strict actions” to implement coronavirus-related restrictions amid a rise in daily new cases in the last few days. However, the authorities are not yet thinking of imposing another lockdown, the Hindustan Times reported, quoting the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
“We will have to take strict action after talking to the chief minister if cases continue to rise,” Pawar said while speaking to reporters, according to News18.
Maharashtra registered 4,092 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and 3,365 cases on Monday, making it the sixth consecutive day when over 3,000 cases were reported in the state, according to the Hindustan Times. On Monday, Maharashtra also topped Kerala to become the state with the highest number of cases after 42 days, News18 reported.
Factors like the resumption of local trains for general public, increased interaction among groups and non-compliance of coronavirus-related precautionary…