Rise of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra; strict restrictions in 5 districts

(G.N.S) Dt. 19 Mumbai Due to rise of Covid-19 positive cases in Maharashtra’s Amravati division, state government has reimposed strict restrictions in all its five districts — Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldana and Washim — with a “partial lockdown” in two of them. Amaravati’s five districts, of the 11 in the Vidarbha region, saw 1,188 new cases on Thursday, with Amravati leading the chart with 597, followed by Yavatmal (237), Akola