Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 12:41 IST
On Monday, Mumbai recorded 6,905 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day count so far in April. As per the BMC, 43 patients succumbed to the infection yesterday. Mumbai: A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 tests at Dadar Railway Station | Photo Credit: PTI
Mumbai: As the COVID-19 situation continues to remain grim in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Iqbal Singh Chahal on Tuesday assured that there is no shortage of beds in Maharashtra’s capital.
While talking to
Times Now’s Heena Gambhir, the BMC chief tried to give an overall view of the situation and said that as per experts, the coronavirus condition in Mumbai will start stabilising in a week s time.
Updated Apr 12, 2021 | 13:25 IST
Mumbai on Sunday registered 9,986 new COVID-19 cases and 79 deaths, taking its caseload to 5,20,498 and death toll to 12,023. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Mumbai stands at 92,464. Mumbai: A health worker administers a dose of Covishield vaccine to the citizens at a hospital in Dharavi | Photo Credit: PTI
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday took a decision to convert a few four-star and five-star hotels in the city into COVID centres in a bid to manage the huge coronavirus patient load. Also, three new jumbo field hospitals will be set up in Mumbai.
As per BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, some of the four-star hotels and five-star hotels in Mumbai and suburbs are being requisitioned immediately to set up COVID Care Centre-2 facilities for infected patients.
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ANI | Updated: Apr 12, 2021 13:45 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 12 (ANI): As Maharashtra continues to remain the worst affected state by COVID-19, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on Monday decided to appoint nodal officers for accurate and even more proactive functioning of 24 ward war rooms and jumbo field hospitals respectively.
According to the statement, these nodal officers will function in 2 shifts from 3 pm to 11 pm and 11 pm to 7 am. These decisions will come into force with immediate effect, the release said.
The nodal officers for the ward war rooms and 7 jumbo field hospitals will be constantly in touch with each other. To facilitate allotment of beds to patients requiring beds and calling up the ward war rooms, especially between 11 pm and 7 am.