Lockdown In Madhya Pradesh Urban Areas From 6 pm Tomorrow To 6 am Monday

Lockdown In Madhya Pradesh Urban Areas From 6 pm Tomorrow To 6 am Monday

Bhopal streets wear deserted look during a night curfew (File photo)



New Delhi:

All urban areas in Madhya Pradesh will go into a lockdown from 6 pm tomorrow to 6 am on Monday amid a steep surge in coronavirus cases in the state.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said “appropriate action” will be taken for cities with rising cases after a crisis meet.

“For cities where cases have increased, appropriate action will be taken after meeting of crisis management group. We are making containment areas in big cities,” Mr Chouhan said, news agency ANI reported.

The weekend-long curfew comes as fresh infections continue to explode – the state reported over 4,000 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total tally to over 3.18 lakh.

Indore and Bhopal – the biggest cities in the state – continue to record the highest daily spike in cases.

With 866 new cases on Wednesday, Indore’s tally went up to 74,895 while that of Bhopal rose to 55,255 with the addition of 618 cases.

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