Mumbai: In Maharashtra, the highest daily single day spike of 13,165 new cases were recorded yesterday, thereby taking the Covid tally in the state to 6,28,642. The death toll crossed the 21 thousand mark to reach 21,033 with 346 deaths reported yesterday. According to Maharashtra’s Public Health Department, the active case count stands at 1,60,413. Mumbai recorded 1,132 new cases and 46 deaths, taking its tally to 1,31,542 and the death toll to 7,268. The number of active cases in Mumbai stands at 17,914.
A total of 9,011 Covid -19 patients were discharged yesterday in the state, leading to a tally of 4,46,881 recovered patients. However, there has been a record increase in the number of patients infected with the disease. Notwithstanding the rising number of cases, civic bodies in Mumbai’s neighbouring Thane and Kalyan Dombivali areas have allowed shops to reopen on either side of the road on all days. The shop timings have also been extended from 5 PM earlier to 7 PM now. According to the order, all shops, except malls, market complexes, vegetable markets, gyms and swimming pools, outside COVID-19 hotspots can remain open on all days. The order also stated that protocols laid down for preventing the spread of COVID-19 should be strictly followed, and action would be taken against business establishments violating the guidelines. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation has resumed its services this morning. The first Shivneri bus left from Mumbai to Pune at 7 this morning, while the next bus is scheduled to leave at around 9 am. Just a couple of days ahead of Maharashtra’s most popular Ganesh Utsav, the state government has permitted resumption of inter-district bus transport service.
