Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will address the state at 8 pm today, the Chief Minister's Office said on Sunday. Thackeray said that his government was going to grant more relaxations, but it was taking every step cautiously. We need to ensure that these relaxations do not trigger another wave of Covid," he said. Earlier, the state government eased curbs in 14 districts with lowest Covid positivity rate. On Saturday, Maharashtra reported 6,061 new Covid cases and 128 fatalities on which took the infection tally to 63,47,820 and death toll to 1,33,845.

Source: Mint August 08, 2021 11:04 UTC