Mumbai and Thane are among 25 districts given some relaxations in the Covid-19 curbs. Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Thursday that these places will go to Level 2. Eleven districts, including Palghar, Raigad, Ahmednagar and Pune, which are part of MMR or share borders with it, will remain in Level 3 because of their higher test positivity rate and caseload. The exact date when relaxations become applicable is yet to be decided.

However, there was no unanimity on allowing all commuters on the suburban train network of the MMR at Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s meeting with the State Covid Task Force on Thursday. Tope said after the meeting that the issue would be decided by the CM in consultation with the railway authorities in the next two to three days.