With the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has appealed to Mumbai residents to not wait for hospitalisation as per their choice of hospital.
As prohibitory orders and restrictions under Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) are set to come into effect from Monday evening, a large number of people were seen thronging the Dadar market in the morning, violating all COVID-19 rules.
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Slum dwellers have more civic sense than residents of high-rise buildings: Mumbai Mayor on Covid surge
Referring to the sharp surge in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai, Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that slum dwellers have shown that they have more civic sense than the ones living in high-rise buildings.
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Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar at a press conference on Friday (Photo Credits: Mahesh More)
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Mumbai would not have witnessed such a sharp surge in cases of infection had residents of high-rise buildings in the city adhered to Covid- appropriate behaviour, Mayor Kishori Pednekar said.
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Mumbai once again recorded more than 5000 new coronavirus cases in a single day after 5,394 persons tested positive for the infection on Wednesday. The total caseload of the city now stands at 4,14,714, which includes 3.5 lakh recoveries and 51,411 active cases. A total of 11,686 persons have succumbed to the virus till date.Reducing the COVID test rates further, the Maharashtra government announced that the rates of RT-PCR tests have been slashed to Rs 500 from Rs 1,000.In other news, the Bombay HC on Wednesday questioned former CP Param Bir Singh as to why did he not file an FIR against Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and his malpractices before approaching the court. Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis too took a swipe at the state government panel formed to probe the allegations against Deshmukh and called it an eyewash .Meanwhile, The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU), headed b