Mumbai has reported its biggest increase in coronavirus cases for the second day in a row. The capital of Maharashtra, which recorded 2,877 cases yesterday, recorded 3,062 Covid cases in the past 24 hours, which is the city’s highest single-day increase in its total cases.
With this, Mumbai total active cases has reached 20,140, while its overall coronavirus total is 3.55,897. The city’s recovery rate was set at 91 percent; 1,334 people were discharged today.
Ten people died in the past 24 hours from the disease, bringing the total death toll in the city to 11,565.
The daily figure in Maharashtra is slightly lower than yesterday. The state had registered 25,833 new cases on Thursday, the highest level since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Today, it reported 25,681, which is more than 60 percent of the total daily coronavirus cases across the country.
The Maharashtra government today ordered all theaters, auditoriums and state offices to operate at 50% capacity.
“All private offices except those related to health and other essential services to function at 50% of their capacity …”, said the order.
However, it allowed government and semi-government offices to receive a call about staff attendance.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said today that the lockdown was an option to halt the growth of the virus in the state.
“I see the lockdown as an option in the future. But I trust that the people of the state will cooperate (and follow the COVID-19 regulations voluntarily) like last time,” he said.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a virtual meeting of chief ministers, said the country needs to halt the second emerging peak of the coronavirus. He asked them to step up testing and make sure people follow Covid protocols.
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