With just a week left for the lockdown period to end in the state, the government is mulling lifting restrictions in some districts, where active cases have significantly reduced, after June 1, but tightening them in places where the intensity of the pandemic still remains a cause for concern. Relief and Rehabilitation Minister, Vijay Wadettiwar, said that the state still has 15 districts that could be placed in the ‘red zone’ in terms of transmission of the virus and caseload.

A health worker collects a swab sample of a passenger at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla on Monday. Pic/Sameer Markande