The schools inside the limits of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will not open till January 3, 2020.
On November 23, the state education division had permitted schools to reopen for students of classes 9 to 12 with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocol. However, PMC and PCMC administration had decided to not open schools.
Earlier, PMC mayor Murlidhar Mohol had mentioned that the selection to open schools would be taken following the overview on December 13.
As per the report by Pune Mirror, Mohol now announced that the schools will stay shut till January 3 as only a couple of numbers of parents submitted undertakings to reopen the schools.
PCMC has also decided to shut schools till January 3.
Pune reported 317 new coronavirus circumstances, taking its caseload to 1,73,719 on Saturday.
According to an update by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, the death toll climbed to 4,536 with six new fatalities.
A total of 254 patients had been discharged for the duration of the day, taking the quantity of active circumstances to 5,150. As of now, 1,64,033 individuals had been discharged/ recovered. On Saturday, 3,771 tests had been performed taking the total count to 8,60,366.