Maharashtra bans political, religious and social gatherings, imposes new lockdown in some areas as COVID-19 cases rise

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 6,971 new COVID-19 confirmed cases, whereas 2,417 people recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. State's COVID-19 count has now surged to 21,00,884, of which, 19,94,947 have recovered and 51,788  have succumbed to the virus.