Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to Chair Meeting of State's COVID-19 Task Force Today

Mumbai, October 18: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will chair a crucial meeting of the state's Covid task force on Monday.

This comes a day after Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that the Chief Minister along with the health department and the task force will take a decision on relaxing COVID-19 restrictions in the state after Diwali. Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 1,715 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The total active cases in the state stand at 28,631, as per the state health bulletin on Sunday.

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Mumbai on Sunday recorded zero death due to COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic began in March last year.

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