Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet, led by CM Uddhav Thackeray, on Thursday lifted all COVID-19 restrictions amid a dip in cases.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led government repealed the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Disaster Management Act, which were implemented for the last two years.
Minister Dr Jitendra Awhad tweeted that Gudi Padwa, Ramzan and Ambedkar Jayanti can be celebrated enthusiastically. The chief minister’s office said the new rules will be effective from April 2.
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The state health department said that 119 fresh cases of coronavirus and two new cases of infection were reported in Maharashtra on Wednesday, while 138 more patients were discharged. With these additions, the state’s total COVID-19 tally rose to 78,73,841, while the death toll rose to 1,47,782, the department said in a bulletin.
On Tuesday, the state had recorded 103 coronavirus cases but no new deaths linked to the infection. The department said 38 new coronavirus cases were reported in Mumbai in the last 24 hours, but no one died.
It said 138 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of recoveries to 77,25,120 and leaving the state with 939 active cases. The coronavirus recovery rate in the state stood at 98.11 per cent, while the fatality rate was 1.87 per cent.
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