Prepare for lockdown, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray tells chief secretary as Covid cases hit new high

Alarmed at Maharashtra recording its highest single-day tally of 40,414 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, CM Uddhav Thackeray went into a huddle with the state task force and asked chief secretary Sitaram Kunte to immediately draw up a strategy for the “last resort” of a lockdown.