The Maharashtra government will extend the coronavirus-enforced <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-dabbawalas-face-financial-crisis-amid-covid19-lockdown-23175292" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lockdown</a>-like curbs in the state after June 1 and relax them later in a phased manner, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday.
Thackeray issued necessary directives in this regard to the state administration during a cabinet meeting, said a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) here.
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रुग्णवाढीचा दर हळूहळू कमी होत असला तरी १० ते १५ जिल्ह्यांत रुग्ण झपाट्याने वाढत आहेत, शिवाय म्युकरचा धोकाही वाढतो आहे. त्यामुळे एकदम लॉकडाऊन न उठवता १ जूननंतर वाढवून मग टप्प्याटप्प्याने काही आवश्यक बाबतीत निर्बंध कमी करावे असे निर्देश मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांनी दिले.
&mdash; CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1397902755784581122?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">May 27, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Currently, a wide range of restrictions are in force till June 1 to stem the spread of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/consider-making-oxygen-plants-must-in-private-hospitals-bombay-hc-to-maha-govt-23175394" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coronavirus</a>.
The statement quoted Thackeray as saying that precautions are needed at the moment even though case positivity rate (percentage of people who test positive from among those tested) in the state is reducing.
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"In 10 to 15 districts, the positivity rate is still very high. Besides, there is threat of the black fungus infection (found in recovering/recovered coronavirus patients).
"Today the daily case count has reduced and reached the numbers recorded in September last year. We still need to take precautions," Thackeray said.
The lockdown-like curbs will not be lifted all together after June 1, he said.
"The curbs will be extended and relaxed after sometime in a phased manner," the CM said.
The issue was discussed in detail in the cabinet meeting, the statement said.
The state is under lockdown-like curbs since mid-April.
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