(Bloomberg) -- Maharashtra, the state that's home to India's financial capital Mumbai, has extended its lockdown until May 31 amid rising coronavirus infections.
The lockdown extension is to contain the spreading outbreak, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Twitter. As of Sunday morning, the state reported 30,706 Covid-19 cases, or a third of India's total infections.
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It was joined by the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and Punjab, a province in the country's north, in extending the lockdown. A nationwide order by Prime Minister Narendra Modi confining people to their homes to contain the virus is scheduled to end on May 17.
India reported 91,314 confirmed cases, with 2,897 fatalities as of 3:30 p.m. Mumbai, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
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