Commuters rush to board a suburban practice at CSMT station amid coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai. (FILE)
Mumbai lockdown information: Amid a surge in coronavirus instances in Mumbai, the Maharashtra authorities is contemplating imposing stringent restrictions within the metropolis to flatten the curve. Mayor Kishori Pednekar has dropped hints a few attainable lockdown within the metropolis if state of affairs worsens. Pednekar mentioned that measures to sort out the surge is in full-swing and the variety of beds has been elevated to 25,000 .Â
She mentioned that inns might be requested to function at 50 per cent of the seating capability and religious places would possibly be shut fully as folks don’t hear. Private places of work might be requested to function in two shifts.
“There may be stringent restrictions from April 2 – hotels with 50 per cent capacity, religious places may be completely closed. Similarly, theatres, cinemas all can be closed. Entry of passengers other than essential service staff may be stopped once again in local trains,” she mentioned.
Notably, the state authorities has already imposed an evening curfew throughout the state to curb the unfold of an infection. There are 80 energetic containment zones in Mumbai, the place 650 buildings have been sealed to curb the unfold of the virus.
Earlier on Thursday, Mumbai reported 8,646 new coronavirus instances, its highest one-day rise because the outbreak of the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) mentioned. This took town’s general caseload to 4,23,360. The loss of life of 18 sufferers through the day, the very best single-day determine because the first week of December final yr, took the fatality rely to 11,704.Â
The an infection progress charge has worsened to 1.38 per cent and the doubling charge has dropped to 49 days. Mumbai’s COVID-19 restoration charge is now 84 per cent.
READ MORE: Maharashtra slashes by half COVID-19 testing expenses to Rs 500
READ MORE: Prepared for lockdown again, says Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray
