Mumbai's coronavirus tally surges past 4,000-mark, death toll at 168; 8 BMC wards worst-affected
The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai crossed the 4,000-mark with the addition of 478 new patients on Thursday, while the death toll increased to 168. The number of deaths due to coronavirus increased to 168 as eight more people succumbed to the disease, according to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) statement.
"Out of these eight patients, five were ill for long," the release said.
With the addition of 478 new cases, three of them employees of BEST undertaking, the tally in Mumbai, the city worst affected by COVID-19 in Maharashtra, shot up to 4,232. The civic body said 473 patients have recovered from the disease so far and 48 of them were discharged from hospitals on Thursday.
At present, the city has 3,593 active coronavirus cases.
The BMC said samples of 297 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in various labs between April 20 and 21 and their reports were received on Thursday, the release said.
"These patients have already been admitted in isolation wards and are under treatment," said the BMC.
According to the civic body, over 92,112 people were home quarantined so far. Of these, 18,207 have completed their mandatory 14-day-long quarantine period.
Meanwhile, a senior official of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking said three of its employees from the suburban Goregaon depot have tested positive for coronavirus.
Following this, 15 other employees of the civic transport body have been quarantined, he said.
BEST is providing transport services to emergency and essential service staffers in large parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
8 BMC wards have most of COVID-19 cases
According to BMC data, G-South (Haji Ali to Worli), E (JJ Hospital to Chinchpokali), L (Chunabhatti to Pawai), K West (Vile Parle West to Oshiwara), FN (Dadar East to Chunabhatti), G North (Worli to Dharavi), D (Charni Road to Haji Ali) and KE (Santacruz to Jogeshwari East) wards have 2,360 coronavirus cases or nearly 63 per cent of the total count in Mumbai city till April 22.
Thane district COVID-19 tally rises to 542
As many as 42 more people, two of them doctors, tested positive for coronavirus in Thane district of Maharashtra, taking the tally to 542 on Thursday. With the addition of 42 COVID-19 patients in the district, including two doctors, the tally has now gone up to 542, said the medical bulletin issued by the local administration.
(With PTI inputs)
