Maharashtra Coronavirus July 7 Updates: No need for doctor’s prescription for Covid test in Mumbai now

The coronavirus tally in Mumbai rose to 86,132 on Tuesday with the addition of 806 new cases - lowest singe-day figure in nearly two months - while the death of 64 patients took the toll near the 5,000-mark, the city civic body said.

With 806 new infections and 64 deaths, the tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 86,132, while the toll rose to 4,999, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). This was the lowest number of COVID-19 cases recorded in a day in Mumbai in 55 days.

Earlier on May 13, 800 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the metropolis. In Mumbai, the first COVID-19 patient was detected on March 11, while the first death was recorded on March 17. According to the BMC, the number of recovered patients
rose to 58,137 as 985 more people were discharged from hospitals.

The COVID-19 count in Thane district reached 45,264 after 1,338 people were detected with coronavirus infection on Tuesday, while 45 deaths during the day took the toll to 1,353, an official said. The surge in cases in Kalyan continued as it accounted for 381 of the 1,338 new cases, followed by 296 from Thane city, while Mira Bhayander, Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar civic areas reported 160, 115 and 119 cases respectively.

"Thane city accounted for 16 of the 45 deaths in the district on Tuesday. Bhiwandi, for the second day in a row, did not report any deaths, and the new cases also declined to 30," he said.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra spiked by 5,134 on Tuesday, taking the total count to 2,17,121, the state Health department said. With 224 more patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll has gone up to 9,250, it said. A total of 3,296 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, taking the number of the recovered cases to 1,18,558, an official release said. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 89,294, it said.

Mumbai's Dharavi area reported only one COVID-19 positive case on Tuesday for the first time since April 1 when the first case was traced to the area. The total count of cases from Dharavi is 2,335. The last time Dharavi had recorded a single new coronavirus case was on April 5, three months ago.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revised its testing guidelines and will now allow COVID-19 test without a doctor's prescription. The civic body's move came after ICMR had instructed them to increase their testing capacity. BMC conducts an average of 4,000 to 4,500 tests daily. Earlier, a doctor's prescription was mandatory for having the COVID-19 test.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday expressed the need to celebrate the upcoming Ganesh festival with simplicity.

In her appeal to 'mandals' or organising bodies, the mayor has asked them to celebrate the festival as an 'Aarogya Utsav'. Pednekar made this appeal while reviewing preparedness of 'Arogya Utsav' announced by famous Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal. The mandal has cancelled celebration of the festival, beginning August 22, in a traditional manner in view of the COVID-19 crisis.

Instead, it would organise a blood donation camp and a plasma donation programme in coordination with the civic body during the festival period of ten days.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday dedicated to people new field hospitals having the collective capacity of 3,520 beds in Mulund, Dahisar, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and BKC. The online event was also attended by ministers Aslam Shaikh and Aaditya Thackeray, and Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) tweeted.

The dedicated COVID-19 health centre in Mulund, with the capacity of 1,700 beds, has been set up by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), a planning agency of the state government. The 900-bed centre in Dahisar (east) has been set up with the help of the Mumbai Metro, the CMO said.

Burglars wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) kits broke into a jewellery shop in Satara district and walked away with 780 gm gold, police said on Tuesday. CCTV footage from the shop, located in Phaltan area, shows the burglars taking hold of the gold jewellery from the showcases and cupboards within, police said.

The footage of the 2-day-old incident during the coronavirus-induced lockdown shows the burglars wearing caps, masks, plastic jackets and hand gloves taking the jewellery from the display cases. A case has been registered at the Phaltan police station after a complaint by the jewellery shop owner, who said the burglars took away 78 'tola' (one tola is 10 gm) gold, police said. The shop owner said the burglars broke in through the shop wall, police said.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Maharashtra government over two separate petitions seeking that services rendered by lawyers be declared as 'essential services' amid the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) and a criminal writ petition, both seeking the same relief. A bench led by Justice Amjad Sayed directed the state to file its reply to the PIL within two weeks, while a bench led by Justice S S Shinde directed the state and the Bar Council of India to respond to the writ petition by Friday.

The PIL has been filed by lawyers Chirag Chanani, Sumit Khanna and Vinay Kumar through their counsel Shyam Dewani.

The district administration of Thane in Maharashtra has urged recovered COVID-19 patients to serve at treatment centres and hospitals to meet the need for more staff as coronavirus cases continue to rise, an official said on Tuesday. Nodal officer for Thane rural Dr Nitin Mokashi said if a person contracts coronavirus once, it is unlikely that he or she can get infected again after recovery.

Recovered patients can serve at hospitals and COVID-19 treatment facilities, which need more staff as infections continue to rise, he said. A 200-bed COVID-19 hospital in Binar needed the services of recovered patients who will be paid as per the government norms and also get other benefits, he said. There were plans to set up a similar 200-bed hospital at Dugad Phata in Bhiwandi and 400-bed facility at Ganeshpuri to meet the rise in COVID-19 cases in the rural areas of the district, Mokashi said.

The Maharashtra government Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that at present it does not have any intention of allowing street vendors to resume their business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, PTI reported. "They (street vendors) are an unregulated sector as of now and permitting them to carry on with their business amid the COVID-19 outbreak would lead to further spread of the disease among the society at large," Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a division bench.The advocate general was responding to a public interest litigation filed by one Manoj Oswal, raising concerns of street vendors being without income due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. Oswal's counsel argued that since hotels and restaurants are allowed to operate, street vendors should also be allowed to conduct their business activities.

Close to 70 per cent of Covid-19 positive cases in Pune Police are of personnel deployed in containment zones, said Police Commissioner K Venkatesham on Monday. As of Monday, the number of positive cases in Pune Police was 160, of which 43 are active and three have died to date. Pune city, at present, has 109 micro-containment zones, where a large chunk of the police force has been deployed at entry and exit points, and also to ensure adherence to safety norms in public places.

Venkatesham told The Indian Express, “68 per cent of cases among the police are of those deployed in containment zone duties. Those deployed in these high-risk areas are being provided with additional safety utilities. We urge people to follow the three-tenet rule of distancing, mask and sanitization, to lessen the burden of enforcement on the police.”

After delivering over one lakh face shields to police and medical personnel in Pune and other cities since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Pune’s Venture Centre has now come up with its own variant of N-95 face masks. Called MH12, the concept, design, and manufacture was completed within two months and the team is now gearing up to donate these masks to government hospitals and police, on priority.

The name N95 is given to the mask as it is able to filter up to 95 percent of the harmful particles, aerosols or droplets in the air. As per international standards, the Particle Filtration Efficiency (PFE) of such a mask is at least 95 per cent. However, in India, the PFE is fixed at 94 per cent. The MH12 masks have a PFE of 99 per cent, Venture Centre said. “There were two mask designs that were top contenders — one with a PFE of 96 – 97 per cent and another with 99 per cent. The latter was finalised for manufacturing purpose,” said Pravin Chavan, member of the Pune Masks Action Group at the Centre, who led the group making MH12. He also said the present manufacturing capacity of 5,000 MH12 masks can be scaled up if there is more demand.

With limited availability of oxygen beds and 1,000 to 1,200 cases surfacing daily due to increased testing capacity, the Pune district collector on Monday made a strong pitch for home isolation of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

“People are just not willing to isolate at home. Even if they are asymptomatic, the minute they test positive (for the novel coronavirus), they prefer to get hospitalised. Home isolation is the need of the hour and additional Covid care centres are being set up if there is limited space at some people’s homes,” said Pune District Collector Naval Kishore Ram, in an online address to the media.

Across Pune district, there are 29,403 positive cases, of which 17,329 patients have recovered and been discharged. Data till 3 pm on Monday, however, shows that there are 608 critical patients, of which 444 are in PMC limits, 126 in PCMC areas and others in rural and cantonment areas.

Over 60 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai’s northern suburbs, including Dahisar, Borivali and Kandivali, have been reported from highrises, according to the data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

As of July 5, Zone 7 – which covers R/South (Kandivali, Charkop), R/Central (Borivali, Gorai), and R/North (Dahisar) – has reported 7,625 Covid-19 cases, of which 4,847 (63.5 per cent) are from buildings or non-slum areas.

The BMC data also revealed that 1,815 buildings and floors out of the total 3,302 sealed have been reopened. Currently, 1487 buildings are sealed in Zone 7, of which over half (761) are from Borivali and Gorai areas, where 78 per cent Covid-19 cases are from highrises. In Zone 7, BMC has traced 68,198 high risk contacts while 1,42,721 have been identified as low risk.

More than 15 lakh people have been quarantined in Mumbai after contact-tracing so far since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city civic body said. Out of these, 5.34 lakh people were identified as high-risk contacts, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. So far, 13.28 lakh people have completed their 14-day quarantine. As of now, 2.46 lakh people are under home quarantine and 14,288 under institutional quarantine, the BMC said on its website. Out of 14,288 people under institutional quarantine, 11,409 are lodged at 328 CCC-1 (COVID care centre) facilities, which have a collective capacity of over 50,000 beds, while 2,879 are kept at 57 CCC-2 facilities, having more than 6,100 beds, the BMC said.

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed confidence that the battle against COVID-19 would be won in 21 days, but it has been over 100 days and the crisis still persists. The fight against COVID-19 is more difficult than the mythological war of Mahabharata, an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said, adding that the battle against the pandemic will continue till 2021 as the disease vaccine won't be available before that.

The war of Mahabharata lasted for 18 days. Prime Minister Modi had exuded confidence (in March) that we will win this battle against COVID-19 in 21 days. But it has been over 100 days and the coronavirus still persists and those fighting it have become tired, the Shiv Sena said. We left Russia behind in terms of the number of cases. We will attain the number one slot in this unfortunate area if the number of cases continue to go up," it said.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday inaugurated the ‘Mahajobs’ portal, an industrial employment bureau that will offer job opportunities to the youths of the state. To register on the portal, the Shiv Sena-led government has made it mandatory for the youths to produce domicile certificates in order to seek jobs in various industries.

Industries Minister Subhash Desai said that the condition of the domicile certificate has been introduced to ensure that the “sons of the soil” get jobs in the industries. “Having a domicile certificate is one of the conditions put forth to register on the portal. It will ensure the compliance of the existing norm that 80 per cent of the jobs should go to local youths in industries,” he added at the online inauguration of the portal.

India's COVID-19 tally raced past the seven lakh-mark with 22,252 fresh infections on Tuesday, five days after crossing the six lakh post, while the death toll climbed to 20,160 as 467 more people succumbed to the disease, according to the Union health ministry. With this, the country has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infection for the fifth consecutive day.

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A day after disagreements over the transfer of senior police officials in Mumbai exposed the rift within the Uddhav Thackeray-led Mahavikas Aghadi, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar met at the former’s Bandra residence to defuse the tension between the allies.

In the meeting that lasted for an hour, sources said the two parties tried to iron out their differences over the issue. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who had on Sunday denied any rift between the two sides, was also present, along with another senior NCP minister Jitendra Awhad. Later, Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde also joined in. Speculation of a tussle between the two parties over the issue had intensified on Sunday after transfer orders of 10 deputy commissioners of police, effected by the Mumbai police commissionerate on July 2, were suddenly revoked.

Mumbai, meanwhile, registered 1,200 new cases, taking its patient count to 85,724. The city’s toll increased to 4,938 with 39 people succumbing to the virus on Monday. Of the 204 deaths recorded in Maharashtra, while Mumbai accounted for 39, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) accounted for 96 deaths. Among others, Nashik and Pune recorded 13 each and Jalgaon 12. Jalgaon district has a mortality rate of 6.9 per cent, higher than Mumbai and Pune, which account for maximum cases and deaths in the state.

After recording more than 6,000 new Covid-19 cases for the last four days, with the highest detected on July 4 at 7,074, Maharashtra recorded a slight dip in the number of fresh infections on Monday. With 5,368 cases reported, the total infection count in the state now stands at 2,11,987. Health officials attributed the fall to an overall dip in testing numbers usually observed during weekends. Read More

Over 60 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai’s northern suburbs, including Dahisar, Borivali and Kandivali, have been reported from highrises, according to the data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Read More

A lockdown with a slew of restrictions will be imposed in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra from July 10 to curb the rising cases of coronavirus, officials said on Monday. This phase of the lockdown will be in force for nine days and cover certain industries, and only essential services will be allowed to operate during this period, they said.

The decision was taken keeping in view demand by citizens and following a meeting with various stakeholders held in the backdrop of growing COVID-19 cases in the central Maharashtra district, collector Uday Choudhari told reporters here. He said, "A lockdown will be enforced in Aurangabad between July 10 and 18. It will be a strict lockdown."

Choudhari said, "A demand was raised by common public for lockdown but the decision was taken unanimously after a meeting with various stakeholders like industries, traders and others along with administration officials.

Further easing the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the Maharashtra government on Monday allowed hotels and other entities providing accommodation services outside containment zones to resume operations at 33 per cent of their capacity from July 8. A government notification, which also covers lodges and guest houses, to this regard was issued here. The permission has been granted on conditions of these entities adheringto social distancing norms and other protocols to avoid spread of the infection. The governments move comes a day after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray interacted with various associations of hotels and lodges, and assured them of taking a decision soon on reopening after finalising Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

The on-going lockdown in the state will be in force till July 31. Hotels and other entities providing accommodation services, including lodges, guest houses, etc, outside containment zones, allowed to operate with restricted entry. "These establishments will operate at 33 per cent capacity and on conditions specified, the notification said. The hotels in shopping malls, however, will not be allowed to reopen. The government said that these entities, if they are being used as quarantine facilities, will continue to function as such unless the local district/municipal administrations decide otherwise. Similarly, some part/whole of the balance unused capacity (67 per cent) can also be used for quarantine facility by district/municipal administration, the government said. While allowing the hotels to reopen partially, the government has asked hoteliers to ensure only asymptomatic guests are allowed.

The guests should be allowed only if they are using face cover/mask, which has to be worn all the time inside the hotels, the government instructed. The government said the guests are to compulsorily use the Aarogya Setu app and are encouraged to minimise use of housekeeping services. (PTI)

As many as 12 persons who were being taken to a COVID facility in Pune, sustained minor injuries after the ambulance ferrying them met with an accident on the bypass road of Pune Bangalore highway in Bavdhan suburb of Pune on Monday afternoon.

According to police, the incident took place around 2.30 pm when a group of people from Kothrud in Pune city were taken to a COVID facility in Balewadi area. Senior inspector Yashwant Gawari of Hinjewadi police station said, “There were 12 persons in the ambulance. When the ambulance came to Bavdhan, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it turned on its side. The 12 persons have sustained minor injuries.” Read more here

Health Minister Rajesh Tope today said: "Mask and sanitiser are essential items. Nobody should sell these items at inflated rates. In the coming days, the need for these items will increase. We have asked the Chief Minister and Food and Drug Administration to look into it. In the next eight days, we will introduce a price cap for the two items."

The district collectorate on Sunday said hoteliers whose properties have been temporarily acquired to house healthcare staff or quarantine Covid-19 patients will be paid rent as per government rates. The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations, however, said no rent will be paid for college buildings, marriage halls and other private buildings acquired by them. Private owners whose properties have been acquired had approached civic officials and the collectorate, seeking rent and maintenance expenses. “We have paid rent to some hoteliers for allocating rooms. Some rooms were for housing doctors and nurses and some for quarantine purpose,” said District Collector Naval Kishore Ram.

Despite a large number of migrants returning from metro cities since March, the number of Covid-19 cases in several districts of Marathwada has remained comparatively lower than other parts of the state. This also meant that residents of towns and villages in the hinterland had an easier life owing to a few restrictions on their movement and functioning of markets. However, since last one week, there has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in almost all districts in the region. Various district administrations have imposed blanket curfews, at a time when cities and towns with much larger case counts are opening up. As reported by The Indian Express earlier, over a million migrants have returned to Marathwada between March and June. Barring Aurangabad, which is among the worst affected districts with 6,568 cases (294 deaths), no other district in Marathwada has gone past the three-digit mark. So far, Parbhani has recorded 142 cases (four deaths), Beed 142 (three deaths), Nanded 394 (14 deaths), Latur 425 (22 deaths), Osmanabad 264 (12 deaths), Jalna 719 (24) and Hingoli 288 cases (1 death).

Maharashtra citizens returning to Karnataka will no longer be kept in institutional quarantine. They will be kept in home quarantine for 14 days, similar to those returning from other states.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is addressing the media on the coronavirus situation.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today expressed concern over several industries sacking workers at a time when the government is allowing resumption of business activities in the state, and said it was not right, PTI reported. Thackeray made the remarks as he launched the state government's MahaJobs portal that aims to make available job opportunities to the 'sons of the soil' or domiciled persons. The chief minister observed that migrant workers, who went to their native states due to the lockdown, have started coming back to Maharashtra slowly after his government allowed resumption of business activities. "Today, we have jobs available, but there are no workers. Though this is the factual position, I noticed a strange scenario yesterday. Several industries have started slashing salaries of workers or are sacking them," he said. "The sons of the soil or the migrant workers, who had not returned to their states and were reporting at workplaces, are being sacked. This is not right," Thackeray said.

At a Covid Care Centre set up by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), patients have complained about lack of basic amenities and demanded that they either be shifted to “appropriate centres” or sent home for isolation. About a fortnight ago, PCMC set up the Covid Care Centre at Tathawade after taking temporary possession of a college in the area. Patients who have tested positive but are asymptomatic are quarantined at the centre. As of Sunday, there were around 170 patients at the centre. All of them are housed on the third and fourth floors. But the patients have complained to the authorities about lack of blankets, milk for children, tea and inadequate number of washrooms and bathrooms.

From Monday, coronavirus task force will be formed in all districts. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has directed all districts to form the force to tackle the growing numbers and reduce the mortality rate.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 42,420 after 1,878 more people tested positive for the disease, officials said on Monday. Thane city accounts for over 25 per cent of the total cases in the district, as per an analysis of the data. On Sunday, 1,878 people tested positive for coronavirus, taking the count of cases to 42,420, the district administration said in a medical bulletin. Out of the fresh cases, Kalyan-Dombivali reported the maximum 482 cases, followed by Thane city-373, Mira Bhayandar-303, Ulhasnagar-251 and Navi Mumbai-191. The remaining cases were reported from other civic limits in the district. Besides, 47 patients succumbed to the disease in the district on Sunday, raising the toll to 1,268. Out of the 47 deaths, 16 were reported from Thane city, as per the medical bulletin.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that a decision on reopening hotels and restaurants will be taken soon after finalising a standard operating procedure (SOP) to be followed by the industry. Interacting with representatives of associations of hotel managements through video conference, Uddhav said: “There are no hurdles in reopening hotels but they will have to adhere to the SOP formulated by the state government. The SOP is being prepared and will be finalised soon. Then, the decision on reopening hotels and restaurants can be taken.” Reopening of hotels and restaurants needs to be done carefully with focus on health and safety measures, he added. The CM further appealed to the managements of the hotels not to sack any employees.

High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) may help in managing some less critical Covid-19 patients without the need to put them on ventilator support. This technique involves providing high pressure humidified and warm oxygen to patient through nose to allow self-breathing. The technique works best in patients with oxygen saturation levels between 85 to 90 to prevent the need for invasive and non-invasive ventilator. The technique is popularly called ‘Airvo’, named by its manufacturer. Dr Samrat Shah, consultant intensivist in Bhatia hospital, has used this machine on more than Covid-19 15 patients. The hospital had procured three machines — worth Rs 3.5 lakh each — in the last two months for Covid-19 patients.

A 30-year-old man was allegedly abducted and tortured by three men, including his employer, in Kothrud here in Maharashtra over a financial dispute regarding the victim’s stay in Delhi on the company’s money during the lockdown, police said on Sunday. Though the alleged incident occurred on June 13 and June 14 at the firm’s office, an FIR was lodged only on July 2 with Paud police station, an official said. “They took him to the firm’s office where he was confined. The owner and two others thrashed him and sprayed sanitiser on his private parts,” an official said.

Over 80 per cent fatalities due to Covid-19 have been recorded among patients above 50 years, an analysis of data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation shows. While Mumbai’s mortality rate is currently six per cent, the average death rate among patients above 50 years is 15 per cent, it has found. According to the civic body’s war room dashboard, there were a total of 76,822 infection cases on July 1, of which 33,190 patients or 43.17 per cent were above 50 years. Of the total infected, 56.82 per cent are those who are up to 50 years old. The fatality rate among Covid-19 patients who are over 50 is, however, substantially higher. Of the total 4,625 deaths recorded in Mumbai till July 1, at least 3,705 fatalities or 80.12 per cent are from this age group. Only 920, or 19.88 per cent, of the total fatalities due to the virus were patients below 50 years. The average death rate among patients above 50 years is 15 per cent, while it is 1.52 per cent among those below 50 years.

From Monday, BMC-run hospitals in Mumbai will start administering Remdesivir drug to moderate and severely-ill patients. Until now, only Seven Hills hospital in the city had got Remdesivir stock on donation. KEM hospital, Sion hospital and Nair hospital, which are treating a huge number of Covid-19 patients, are yet to begin the use of the investigational anti-viral drug. The BMC has purchased 15,000 vials of Remdesivir from Hetero Healthcare at a cost of Rs 4,144 each. Hetero Healthcare, which is selling the drug under brand name Covifor, is one of the five companies that has signed a licensed agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and distribute Remdesivir in India and Pakistan. The market price is Rs 5400, but BMC got the stock at a discounted rate for bulk order.

Maharashtra’s fatality rate stands at 4.2 per cent and recovery rate at 54 per cent. Of the over 11 lakh people tested so far, 18.5 per cent have been found to be infected. Health officials said the high positivity rate is due to targeted testing and slowly rising viral transmission in the community. Mumbai accounts for a higher positivity rate with over 22.5 per cent of those being examined testing positive for Covid-19.

While Thane district in MMR recorded 349 new cases, the figure for Pune district was 882, taking their case load to 11,959 and 22,236, respectively. Along with Mumbai, Thane and Pune districts now account for 57 per cent of the total state load. Across Maharashtra, of the 151 people who succumbed on Sunday, the bulk were from MMR and Pune region. While Mumbai accounted for 69 deaths, 20 died in Pune, eight in Kalyan Dombivali, four each in Thane and Vasai-Virar, three from Bhiwandi Nizampur and one from Mira Bhayander. The remaining deaths were reported from across the state.

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 6,555 new cases of Covid-19, taking the statewide count to 2.06 lakh. It also reported an overall toll of 8,822, with 151 people succumbing to the virus. Mumbai reported 1,287 fresh cases – 19 per cent of the cases reported on Sunday – taking the number of infected in the city to 84,524. With at least 69 deaths being reported, Mumbai has recorded a toll of 4,899 until Sunday. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.