In a major relief, the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday, January 15, announced that as of now no additional restrictions will be brought in across the state.
However, expressing concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra he also mentioned that a decision will be taken on relaxing the curbs in the next week depending upon the scenario.
"Coronavirus cases are rising every passing day. But in today's meeting, we decided not to bring in further restrictions. At the same time, existing curbs will not be relaxed soon. But, if needed, a decision will be taken in the next week,” he said.
Pawar was speaking to reporters after attending a COVID-19 review meeting here.
This meeting was attended by officials of the Pune district administration, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the Zilla Parishad representatives.
Pawar said the cases rose rapidly because people are not following COVID-19 norms.
"Recently, many people returned from foreign countries. At the same time, no norms were followed in public events, especially in marriages that were attended by people coming from other states. If we have to control the spread of infection, we must follow rules," he added.
The deputy CM said the case positivity rate jumped to 17 per cent from six per cent last week.
Owing to this, the Maharashtra government recently imposed new restrictions on the movement of people.
Meanwhile, since the last few weeks, the daily coronavirus cases saw a decline in Mumbai and across Maharashtra as well.
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