Maharashtra Reports 6218 New COVID Cases; Inter-district Travel Banned From Parbhani to Vidarbha | Top Points

The state of Maharashtra on Tuesday witnessed another major spike in COVID-19 cases. As per the latest bulletin issued by the state’s health department, Maharashtra reported 6,218 new cases, 51 deaths and 5,869 recoveries on Tuesday. With this, the state’s total case tally has risen to 21,12,312, of which 20,05,851 have recovered. At present, there are 53,409 active cases and the overall Covid-19 death toll stands at 51,857.

Here are the key developments:

Parbhani district collector said owing to the high number of new Covid-19 cases being detected in the Vidarbha region, travel from Parbhani to Vidarbha has been banned till February 28.

The ban will come into effect from midnight today and will include private and public transport.