Live: Uddhav Thackeray's address to Maharashtra amidst rising COVID-19 cases in state

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who held a meeting on Friday to review coronavirus situation in the state, will address the residents around 8:30 pm. This comes hours after eateries, bars and restaurants in Pune were announced shut for seven days starting April 3 in view of a substantial rise in Covid-19 cases of late. The upsurge in coronavirus cases in Maharashtra has also worried the Centre with cabinet secretary expressing “serious concern” about the situation in 11 states/ union territories. He said the the situation is “particularly worrying” in Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh.