Keeping in mind the ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases, district administrations in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain and Ratlam here on Saturday announced to extend corona curfew till April 26 at 6 am. Besides, the State Government announced to regulate return of Kumbh pilgrims as Home ministry instructed those returning from Haridwar Kumbh fair to inform local administration upon their return so that these travellers could be kept in home isolation or quarantine. Meanwhile, Crisis Management Groups met in different districts, agreeing to extend corona curfew in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain and Ratlam till April 26. Indore collector Manish Singh said that corona curfew will be extended till Friday but as urban areas are under two-day weekend corona curfew, effectively the city and nearby areas will remain under prohibitive orders till 6am on April 26. “It’s satisfying that infection rate has stabilised but we can’t open the entire city all of a sudden,” Singh said. Ordering similar prohibition in Bhopal, collector Avinash Lavaniya said that more stringent measures will be put in place this time. Along with Ujjain and Ratlam, Bhopal and Indore are already corona curfew till 6am on April 19. Ujjain administration has offered relaxation in the wake of marriage season and some shops will be allowed to open from 8am to noon during the prohibition. Active cases have crossed 10,000 mark in Bhopal and Indore while recovery rate is less than 50% in Ujjain. Bhopal and Indore have reported 1,669 and 1,656 fresh cases in last 24 hours. In the last two-three days, both the cities have reported 1,600 –plus fresh cases with a high mortality rate. Both the cities have made way to top ten the most infected cities of the country. Notably, fresh cases of infections are increasing at an alarming rate in Madhya Pradesh recording 11, 269 fresh cases and 66 mortalities in last 24 hours. Bhopal continued with over 21% positivity rate for the fourth consecutive day. The numbers of active cases have surged to 63,000 and these are expected to reach one lakh by end of this month. Still the hospitals of the state are facing acute shortage of oxygen cylinders, Remdesivir injections and hospital beds. Shivraj government still putting up a brave face has claimed of arranging one lakh hospitals beds and 700 metric tonnes of daily oxygen supply by month end.

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