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The Maharashtra government has announced a 5-level unlock strategy amid a steady decline in the daily cases of the coronavirus in the state. As per the information received from media, government will lift complete lockdown in the level 1 district where the positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancy have dipped considerably. However, financial capital Mumbai comes under level 2 which means Section 144 to be applicable in this level. Gyms, salons, beauty parlors are allowed to reopen with 50 per cent capacity. Restrictions on gathering of number of people in marriages.
There are 18 districts categorised as Level 1.
These 18 districts are — Aurangabad, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Jalna, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Yavatmal, Washim, Wardha, Parbhani and Thane.
Maharashtra’s capital Mumbai is on Level 2. Local trains in Mumbai local will remain shut for now.
“We have prepared a 5-level unlock plan for the State on the basis of positivity rate and status of occupancy of oxygen beds in the districts. Districts with the lowest positivity rate will have no restrictions,” Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar said today.
