BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal asked civic officials to ramp up coronavirus testing immediately. He also asked to keep the staff of jumbo field hospitals on alert in the wake of a "tremendous" rise in fresh COVID-19 cases in the city over the past few weeks.
From April 1, there will be no restrictions on public movement, social, religious, or political gatherings, weddings, funerals, visits to malls, cinemas, shopping plazas, traveling by trains, buses, among others.
Kareena Kapoor shared an informative note on Maharashtra revised COVID guidelines for fans. This is not the first time that the actress used her social media account to share valuable information. during the previous COVID waves, the actress continually shared contacts and information for those in need.
20 people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra. Today's cases are marginally higher than yesterday, at 13%.
Out of the fresh cases, 9,665 were asymptomatic. The recovery rate stands at 92% in Mumbai, as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
68 fresh Omicron cases have been recorded in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the state's case tally to 578.
No deaths were recorded in the city in the last 24 hours. The total death toll in the city stands at 16,377.
Apart from the daily cases, Mumbai reported one death and 251 recoveries today
Maharashtra and Delhi both are points of concern when it comes to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Rajesh Tope was responding to a question by the BJP's Sadabhau Khot on whether hospitals were found to have overcharged COVID-19 patients and what action was taken by the government in such cases.
An order imposing section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) within the Mumbai commissionerate limits from Thursday was issued by the deputy commissioner of police (operations) on Monday.
With 8 new cases, Maharashtra's Omicron case tally has reached 28.
The decision comes amid severe Omicron concerns across India. Maharashtra is the state with the most Omicron cases in the country. On Monday, with two more cases detected in Nagpur, the state tally rose to 20.
The patient is an international traveller who came from West Africa. More samples have been sent for genome sequencing.
Another 65 swab samples have been sent for genome sequencing, he said. "About 65 swabs have been sent for genome sequencing
As per the Maharashtra government, one of the two persons who tested positive was a 37-year old South Africa returnee, who had come from Johannesburg. The other person is his 36-year old US returnee friend.
The Omicron strain, first detected in South Africa, has been classified as a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first cases of the Omicron variant in India have been confirmed in two individuals in Karnataka.
The man, a Merchant Navy engineer, arrived in Dombivli town of Thane district on November 24 after travelling from South Africa, Dubai and Delhi.
The QR code will be displayed at the entry gates of residential and commercial buildings and offices.
Meanwhile, the BMC also claimed that Mumbai has become the first district in the country to administer more than 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines.
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