Mumbai reports more than 1,100 new cases today
Mumbai reports more than 1,100 new cases today
For the second day in a row, Mumbai city reported new cases below 900, after witnessing a spike of over 1,000 cases for four consecutive days. On Tuesday, 859 people tested positive for the virus, while 903 patients recovered in the city. Mumbai reported only two COVID-19 fatalities, the lowest in the last 10 months. The overall death toll has risen to 11,476, while the caseload increased to 3,27,619. At present, there are 9,633 active COVID-19 cases in the city now. Meanwhile, in addition to BMC centres, 29 private hospitals in Mumbai have been given permissions to carry out COVID Vaccination Drive. The BMC said that these 29 hospitals fulfil all criteria prescribed by GoI to be designated as COVID Vaccination Centre (CVC).
Mumbai: FIR against falooda joint in Kurla for flouting social distancing norms
ByRicha PintoRicha Pinto / Updated: Mar 3, 2021, 08:14 IST
MUMBAI:
Kurla at the Vinoba Bhave Police station on Tuesday for violating the
Covid-19 set protocol. This is the third action against the eatery in the past fortnight.
Civic officials said that they had to initiate police action after a crowd of around a 100 persons without any social distancing or masks in their faces was found moving around at the eatery despite cases rising in the city.
The assistant municipal commissioner of L ward Manish Walunju said that there were complaints against the large crowding they had received and on Monday around 11.30 pm when civic teams visited also they saw similar crowds around the eatery and were forced to take action.