Lockdown Announced In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur
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The announcement comes amid a massive surge of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra with which the state shares its border.
A lockdown has been announced in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur. The three cities will remain shut from 10 pm on Saturday to 6 am on Sunday, and their schools and colleges will remain closed till March 31, the state government said on Friday. The announcement comes amid a massive surge of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra with which the state shares its border. Madhya Pradesh on Friday reported 1,140 coronavirus cases, which took its total of cases to 2,73,097. The state now has over 6600 active cases.The state's death count witnessed an increase of 7 today. 3,901 people have died in Madhya Pradesh since the start of the pandemic. Indore (309 cases), Bhopal (272 cases) and Jabalpur (97 cases) are the worst-affected cities on Friday. Maharashtra on Friday logged 25,681 cases, which is over 60 per cent of today's countrywide total of daily cases. The state had logged 25,833 fresh cases on Thursday - highest since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
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