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Mumbai's Girgaum Chowpatty wears deserted look after new BMC norms

The Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai wore a deserted look on Friday as the BMC ordered that all beaches in the city will remain shut till April 30 owing to the increase in COVID-19 cases

Sale of platform tickets stopped at 6 railway stations of Mumbai amid Covid

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Central Railway on Friday has stopped the sale of platform tickets at six train stations, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, with immediate effect

Covid-19: Man caught with 12 vials of Remdesivir injections in Mumbai

A 22-year-man was caught with a dozen vials of Remdesivir, a key medicine in treatment of coronavirus, said police on Friday

Second Covid-19 wave swamps eateries as fresh curbs hit biz, wage payouts

Restaurant bodies and associations have been protesting the new curbs since Monday, demanding a waiver of statutory fees and taxes

Mumbai's Dharavi reports highest ever spike of 99 coronavirus cases

In a matter of concern, Mumbai's Dharavi area recorded its highest ever daily spike of 99 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Mumbai's Covid-19 case count drops below 10,000 after 2 days: BMC

Mumbai reported 8,938 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a drop from over 10,000 infections each on the previous two days, and 23 fresh deaths, the city civic body said. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) updated data, with the addition of 8,938 cases, the city's COVID-19 tally surged to 4,91,698, while the death toll jumped to 11,874. The financial capital had reported 10,428 new COVID-19 cases and 23 fatalities on Wednesday and 10,030 infections and 31 deaths on Tuesday. According to the BMC, 4,503 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the number of recovered cases to 3,92,514. Mumbai's number of active COVID-19 cases rose to 86,279, it said. As many as 48,902 more COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the number of samples examined so far to 44,54,140, the civic body said. The COVID-19 recovery rate in Mumbai has gone down to 80 per cent, according to the BMC. The overall infection gro

Mumbai Police issues new Covid-19 lockdown guidelines: Details here

Film/TV shooting will be allowed with conditions; people arriving/departing by train/bus/flight can travel at all times

Mumbai: BMC allows home delivery of food, essentials 24x7 during curbs

In the order, the civic body also said that students and candidates will be allowed to attend various examinations, including the competitive exams, during the weekend lockdowns

Mumbai registers over 10,000 coronavirus cases for second day, 23 die

Mumbai reported 10,428 new coronavirus cases and 23 fresh fatalities on Wednesday, which took its caseload to 4,82,760 and death toll to 11,851, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said

Covid-19 vaccine stock in Mumbai about to get over: Mayor Kishori Pednekar

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar claimed the metropolis, which is witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases, is running out of vaccine doses and demanded that the Centre step up supplies immediately

A Rs 1,001 cr house for Mr Damani and other marquee realty buys in Mumbai

DMart promoter Radhakishan Damani has reasons besides snob value for buying plush Malabar Hill property, say experts

Second Covid wave: Fatalities threaten to be worse this time, shows data

Deaths due to Covid-19 usually happen two to three weeks after the diagnosis of the disease, according to research and doctors' accounts

The second wave: Migrant crisis looms again as Covid-19 curbs expand

Lack of business to hit payouts, pushing people out of jobs and cities

Mumbai: No rapid antigen test on asymptomatic persons, hospitals told

Private hospitals in Mumbai can conduct rapid antigen tests (RATs) on walk-in serious patients having influenza-like symptoms, but the same can not be done on asymptomatic persons

Maharashtra sees 55,469 new Covid-19 cases; 297 die

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 55,469 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the second highest spike in the last two days, taking the tally of infections to 31,13,354

Mumbai records 10,030 Covid-19 cases, highest deaths since October

Mumbai reported 10,030 new Covid cases on Tuesday, the second highest daily count so far, while 31 patients succumbed to the infection, the most in a day since October-end, the city civic body said

Beaches in Mumbai to remain shut till April 30 as Covid-19 cases spike

All beaches in Mumbai will remain shut for visitors till April 30 amid the surge in Covid-19 cases, the civic body announced on Tuesday

Second Covid-19 wave: Traffic drops, power generation gap narrows

Sharp decline in visits to workplace, retail and recreation spots

Maharashtra sees 47,288 new Covid-19 cases, 155 deaths

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 47,288 fresh coronavirus positive cases, a day after seeing the highest spike of 57,074 infections, and 155 fatalities, the state health department said.

Day after record spike, Mumbai Covid-19 tally down to 9,857

A day after recording more than 11,000 Covid cases in a day - the highest so far - Mumbai reported less than 10,000 infections at 9,857 on Monday, while 21 more patients died due to the disease