Amid the spike in the COVID-19 caseload in Maharashtra, the lockdown in Amravati and Achalpur town has been extended by a week. On February 21, the district administration had imposed a week-long lockdown from Monday, 22 February owing to the rising coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, a curfew has been imposed in the Wardha district from 8 pm on Saturday (February 27) to 8 am on Monday (March 1). A curfew had been imposed in Wardha last week also. India reported as many as 16,577 new COVID-19 cases and 120 deaths during the last 24 hours.With this, the total coronavirus caseload in the country has gone up to 1,10,63,491, including 1,55,986 active cases and 1,07,50,680 discharges.

Source: dna February 27, 2021 11:03 UTC