<span style="color: #222222;">With 37 more cases of corona virus recorded in Pune district, the count of COVID-19 patients has gone up to 141. Given a surge in positive cases, the Pune Municipal Corporation has sealed areas reporting a large number of infections and turned them into containment zones. As per an order issued by the PMC, sealing of areas comes in to effect from Monday midnight and will be in force till further directives.<br />''<br />''Out of 141 COVID-19 cases in Pune district, 113 cases have been reported from areas falling under the Pune Municipal Corporation jurisdiction. In Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, there are 20 cases, while rural parts account for eight infections so far. Municipal commissioner of Pune, Shekhar Gaikwad has said that tight restrictions have been imposed in the sealed areas of Pune city till further orders, people living in the areas which have been sealed will not be able to go out and entry of outsiders has also been curtailed. However, people supplying essential services, transportation of goods and essential commodities to and from Marketyard and PMC and district administration staff working on preventive measures has been excluded.<br />''<br />''A decision on adding more areas to the containment zone list will be taken on the basis of registration of COVID-19 cases from these localities. People in other areas which are currently not part of containment zones are advised to buy at least seven days of essential commodities without crowding shops. Mask is now made mandatory for people in Pune if they have to come out on road for any essential work.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 120 fresh cases of Covid-19 were registered in Maharashtra with seven people succumbing to the infection in last 24 hours. With these, the total infected persons in the state stands at 868 with a toll of 52. Among the seven dead, four were from Mumbai and one each from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Vasai-Virar. 70 people have been cured and discharged from the hospital.<br />''<br />''Meantime, in the wake of the lockdown, various measures have been taken by the State Government to prevent any citizen from starving. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal informed that 1,63,783 Mt. ton food grains have been distributed throughout the state during 1 to 5 April from fair price shops.</span><br />