Lockdown 2.0 looms in Maha as Covid cases cross 2.7 mn mark

Mumbai:  Registering a new high of a staggering 40,000 plus Covid cases on Sunday, Maharashtra stared at another lockdown as its tally crossed 2.70 million (27 lakh), a day after the death toll zoomed above 54,000, health officials said here.
In ominous signals, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday directed the administration to chalk out strategies for the smooth implementation of a possible Lockdown 2.0 in the coming days.
“Plan for lockdown… If there is no adherence to restrictions by the people, we may have to go in for it (lockdown) if people fail to follow the new normal,” a grim Thackeray said at a meeting of the Covid-19 Task Force.
This would include augmenting the health infrastructure, across-the-board enhancement of the bed strength, oxygens, ventilators or intensive care units to cater to the daily galloping number of fresh infections.
Sending shockwaves, the state has notched a stupendous 40,414 new cases for the day, taking the state tally to 27,13,875.
Recording 108 fresh deaths, the state’s toll now stands at 54,181 since the first death was registered 375 days ago.