India’s Maharashtra tightens COVID curbs as hospitals struggle

Maharashtra state and its capital Mumbai are the current epicentre of the country’s infection spike.

India’s Maharashtra state has announced tighter coronavirus restrictions including in the regional capital, Mumbai, as infections surge and oxygen supplies run short. India is experiencing a ferocious new wave of COVID-19 with about a million new cases reported in the past week. The new restrictions will force all “non-essential” shops, malls and e-commerce deliveries to pause operations from Wednesday until May 1.