In the latest move to control the Covid situation the Tamil Nadu extended lockdown restrictions till January 31. As per the government, people are not to be allowed in all places of worship between January 14 and January 18. Special inter-district buses for Pongal to run at 75% capacity. Meanwhile, Maharashtra has reported 33,470 fresh COVID cases, 29,671 recoveries, and 8 deaths today. The count of active cases has reached 2,06,046.
In today's Delhi Disaster Management Authority meeting, the capital has decided to close restaurants and bars and to allow 'take away' facility only. It was also decided to allow operation of only one weekly market per day per zone. Delhi Health Department was advised to make adequate arrangements for additional manpower in hospitals and to scale up the vaccination efforts including for those in age group of 15-18 years. Meanwhile, the national capital has reported 19,166 fresh COVID cases, 14,076 recoveries, and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate has jumped to 25%.
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