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Mumbai: The Maharashtra authorities at this time relaxed the restrictions put in place to stem the spike in Covid circumstances, permitting malls, gymnasiums and salons to open up. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company, too, eased a number of curbs within the metropolis.

The relaxations won’t apply to 11 districts the place the caseload continues to be excessive. These districts are Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Ahmednagar, Beed, Raigad and Palghar.

In Mumbai, all retailers can now keep open until 10 pm on all days. Inns and eating places have been allowed to function until 4 pm. All indoor and outside sports activities amenities, besides swimming swimming pools, have been given the go-ahead to open.

Within the different districts that may see relaxations, retailers and purchasing malls can keep open until 8 pm on weekdays and three pm on Saturdays. On Sundays, all retailers besides these buying and selling in important objects shall keep shut.

Eating places can present dine-in companies at 50 per cent capability until 4 pm on weekdays. Take away companies shall proceed as earlier than.

As per the order, public gardens and playgrounds can keep open for train, strolling, jogging and biking.

In these districts, authorities and personal workplaces have been allowed to function at full capability. The workplaces have been directed to implement staggered timings to keep away from crowding throughout journey. The order says that workplaces that may proceed with the work-from-home system ought to achieve this.

Gymnasiums, salons and sweetness parlours can function at 50 per cent capability with the air-conditioning switched off. These, too, can keep open until 8 pm on weekdays and three pm on Saturdays. They need to stay shut on Sundays, as per the order.

Cinema halls, multiplexes and drama theatres will proceed to stay closed until additional orders. So will locations of worship. Restrictions imposed on birthday celebrations, and political social and cultural occasions shall proceed, the order mentioned.

Outside actions are prohibited between 9 pm and 5 am.

The order additionally states that native authorities should impose stricter restrictions in Sindhudurg, Satara and Ahmednagar districts in view of the upper emergence of recent circumstances.

Maharashtra at this time reported 4,869 new Covid circumstances and 90 deaths over the previous 24 hours – a drop of 1,610 circumstances and 67 deaths since yesterday.

The state reported a positivity price of two.91 per cent on the 1,67,117 samples examined. As per the state bulletin, the variety of lively circumstances in Maharashtra at present stands at 75,303.