The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday announced that vaccination centres will be set up for students who are bound for foreign universities, starting Monday.
COVID-19 Tracker: Mumbai reports less than 2000 cases for second day in a row
Mirror Online / Updated: May 11, 2021, 19:06 IST
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 13,942.
On the other hand, Mumbai saw a massive number of recoveries in a single day with 6,082 coronavirus patients beating the virus and testing negative for it. The number of recoveries in the city now stands at 6,23,080.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday announced that the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people belonging to the age group of 18-44 years will be suspended in the state.
COVID-19: BMC appeals to Mumbaikars to test more
IANS / Updated: May 3, 2021, 20:23 IST
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Mumbai: Concerned at the sharp drop in the number of Covid-19 tests being conducted in the country s commercial capital, the
BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC) on Monday appealed to Mumbaikars to undergo tests and help flush out the coronavirus from the city s environment.
Municipal Commissioner I.S. Chahal said that the city s highest single-day testing from March 2020 till February 10 this year when the second wave hit
Mumbai was 24,500.
Soon afterwards, the testing shot up by more than double and touched the maximum 56,000 tests on a single day on April 21, and the previous month (April) averaged at 44,000 tests conducted daily.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that the state government will not give a green signal to the third phase of the vaccination drive which will inoculate citizens in the 18 to 44 age group if it does not have a bank of 30 lakh vaccine doses.