Amid the resurgence of Covid-19, a total of 10 ministers and over 20 MLAs have tested positive for the deadly virus in Maharashtra, confirmed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday.

Queried on the possibility of imposition of more curbs, Pawar said the state government is keeping a tab on the increasing number of patients.

“If the number of patients continues to rise then there will be strict restrictions. To avoid strict restriction everybody should follow norms,” he said.

Maharashtra has seen a sharp rise in new daily coronavirus cases in the last 12 days of The state government, in fresh guidelines issued on Thursday night, capped the attendance at gatherings in open or closed spaces at 50.

Mumbai on Friday reported 5,631 new Covid-19 cases, almost 2,000 more than Thursday, which took the caseload in the city on the last day of the year to 7,85,110, a civic official had said.

This was a rise of 53 per cent over 3,671 cases recorded on Thursday.

The Covid-19 positivity rate in Pune city touched 5.9 per cent on Friday after 412 cases were detected, raising the tally within civic limits to 5,10,218, as per officials.