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  • 3,062 new coronavirus cases in Mumbai, new high since pandemic began

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Mumbai reported the highest spike of 3,062 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking its caseload to 3,55,897, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

    With 10 deaths since Thursday evening, the death toll increased to 11,565.

    The day before too the city had set a new record of daily cases at 2,877, but on Friday new cases crossed the 3,000-mark.

    The city has recorded ten or more deaths in a day thrice this year.

    On January 5 and January 21, the city had reported 11 and 10 fatalities, respectively.

    The number of active COVID-19 cases in the city rose to 20,140.

    The recovery rate in the city is 91 per cent while the average growth rate of COVID-19 cases has increased to 0.56 per cent from 0.17 per cent a month ago.

    The average doubling rate of COVID-19 cases went down to 124 days from 417 days.

    The city has 34 containment zones in slums and chawls and 305 sealed buildings where COVID-19 cases have been found.

  • Almost 90 per cent of cases in Mumbai from high-rises

    Express News Service
    MUMBAI: Nearly 90 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai in the first two months of 2021 were reported from high-rise residential buildings. According to a report by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a large number of patients are reported from posh localities such as Andheri East and West, Mulund and Peddar Road and Malabar Hill in south Mumbai. 

    Of the total 23,002 people who tested positive in January and February, only 10 per cent were from slums and chawls. Over the past few days, though, positive cases in slums are also on the upswing. The report says Mumbai city had 10 containment zones and 137 sealed buildings on March 1. The number of such zones went up to 27 and the figure for the sealed buildings was 228 on March 10.

    The BMC’s note points out that of the 7.46 lakh people living in these zones, over 23 per cent were from slums and chawls, while 77 per cent were from the sealed buildings. The number of containment zones and sealed buildings increased by 170 per cent and 66.42 per cent, respectively, from the beginning of this month, the civic body said.

    A senior BMC official blamed the casual approach of the people for the sudden spike. Elsewhere in Maharashtra, lockdown has been declared in parts of Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Dhule, Amaravati and Nagpur. Chief secretary Sitaram Kunte had a meeting with district authorities and asked them to enforce lockdown strictly.