As many as 580 Covid-19 patients were shifted from three jumbo Covid centres to various hospitals by late Saturday as the city and its adjoining areas are expected to be buffeted by gusty winds of up to 80kmph and heavy showers when Cyclone Tauktae passes by in the Arabian Sea on Sunday.
COVID-19 Highlights May 11: Maharashtra reports 40,956 new cases, 793 deaths
Mirror Online / Updated: May 11, 2021, 20:22 IST
Mumbai:
Maharashtra on Tuesday (May 11) reported 40,956 new cases of coronavirus, and with that, the total caseload climbed to 51,79,929.
As many as 793 patients succumbed to the virus in the state, which took the death toll to 77,191.
Also, the total recoveries in the state surged to 45,41,391 with 71,966 discharges in the last 24 hours.
At present, there are 5,58,996 active cases in Maharashtra.
Mumbai reports less than 2000 cases
Mumbaikars heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday as the city reported 1,717 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. This is the second day in a row that the metropolis has recorded less than 2000 COVID-19 cases. The overall caseload of Mumbai now stands at 6,79,986. The city also saw a considerable drop in the number of fatalities as 51 patients succumbed to the virus on Tuesday. With that, the death toll has climbed to 1
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MUMBAI: With an eye on the upcoming civic elections, several corporators had pushed for Covid-19 vaccination centres in health posts or civic hospitals in their own localities to cater to their voter base. Now, many of them say they have been finding a large number of people from other localities and even from outside Mumbai at these centres, as local residents struggle to find slots.
Ever since the “no walk-in rule” was introduced, the situation has worsened, said the corporators, as earlier they would give tokens to residents of their own localities and accommodate them for jabs.
Goregaon corporator Sandeep Patel said almost 75% of the people landing up at the Motilal Nagar health post in his ward are from other localities.
BJP MLA alleges vaccine scam in Mumbai, demands audit of all COVID-19 jabs ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 18:56 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): Alleging that there a big vaccine scam popping up in Mumabi, BJP MLA from Mulund, Mihir Kotecha, has demanded a thorough investigation in the matter and said every COVID vaccine administered to residents of the city should be audited.
Kotecha told ANI that a woman approached him for getting a provisional certificate for vaccination despite not taking her first dose. He said she was unsure if she would get the first jab again and sought a probe.
The MLA had also made a tweet earlier seeking an audit into the vaccination in the city.
Eleven patients had died in the fire at Sunrise Hospital on March 25
MUMBAI: It has been more than a month since the FIR was filed in the fatal Sunrise Hospital fire at Bhandup, but there have been no arrests yet, the families of the victims complained to director general of police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey on Monday.
Pandey has asked the Mumbai police commissioner to carry out a thorough probe into the incident.
On March 25, a major fire broke out in Dreams Mall and spread to Sunrise Hospital, a dedicated Covid facility, located on the third floor. Eleven bodies were found and over 70 patients rescued. Two days later, Bhandup police booked six people Rakesh Wadhwan, Sarang Wadhwan and Deepak Shirke of HDIL that owns the mall, and Amitsingh Trehan, Nikhita Trehan and Sweety Jain of Privilege Healthcare Services that managed Sunrise Hospital under IPC 304 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.