Maharashtra: Cinema halls, Yoga centres allowed to reopen from Nov 5 with 50% capacity

After remaining shut for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cinema halls and auditoriums in Maharashtra will reopen from November 5  announced the state government on Wednesday, October 4.

Cinema halls and auditoriums outside the containment zones will operate with only 50% capacity and no eatables will be allowed inside. 

According to the press release, Yoga institutes outside the containment zones will also be allowed to function but under strict COVID-19 guidelines.

Swimming pools being used for training of state, national and international level sportsperson outside containment zones will also open. The SOP in this regard will be issued by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department, read the press release. 

Meanwhile, 46,253 fresh cases of coronavirus were registered in the country today against 38,310 on Tuesday. This is almost 20 per cent jump in fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

The total active cases on Wednesday stand at 5,33,787 while the total tally is 83,13,877.

According to the data available from the health ministry,  the average daily new cases are on a continuous decline in the country for the last seven weeks. In fact, the average daily new deaths have also come down during the same period.

Some of the states that have been showing a declining trend in the number of active cases in the last month are -Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.

While Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal and Manipur are observing a rise.