Mumbai has already imposed restrictions in an attempt to contain the increase in cases (File)
New Delhi:
Mumbai today saw a 39 per cent jump in daily cases compared to yesterday, as it recorded 15,166 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours – the highest since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 – with three related deaths. At the peak of the second wave, Mumbai reported 11,163 cases in a single day on April 4, 2021. Today, 1,218 patients of Kovid-19 were hospitalized in the city and 80 of them are on oxygen support.
Of the new cases, 87 per cent are asymptomatic. The financial capital had reported 10,860 cases on Tuesday.
Mumbai, one of the cities hardest hit by the second wave of COVID-19, is seeing another surge, believed to be driven by the highly permeable omicron variant, that has triggered global alarm.
Mumbai has already imposed restrictions in an attempt to contain the increase in cases. The Mumbai Police, in an order on New Year’s Eve, said beaches, open fields, sea shores, promenades, parks and other public places in the city will be closed from 5 pm to 5 am till January 15. has given. Huge jump in coronavirus cases.
Senior police officer S Chaitanya had said a ban on large gatherings has been imposed, which will remain in force till January 15, unless it is withdrawn earlier.
Fearing a fresh Covid wave, the city’s civic body – the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation – has reactivated its ward-level war rooms to deal with the rising number of cases.
These war rooms have been set up in all the 24 wards to manage hospital admissions, oxygen and drug requirements and immunizations. War rooms – which follow a “test, trace and treat” strategy – also keep track of patients isolated in their homes.
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