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Thane district neighbouring Mumbai was on Sunday night declared as a containment zone in light of surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, a senior official said.

Thane district, neighbouring Mumbai, was on Sunday night declared as a containment zone in light of the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, city's district collector said. All the restrictions in place under the ongoing lockdown will remain in force without any change, and the relief stated in the April 17 notification for certain zones will not be available for Thane district, stated the order issued by district collector Rajesh Narvekar. Thane becomes the third city after Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad that have been declared as a containment zone in Maharashtra.