On Tuesday, December 22, Maharashtra recorded 3,106 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus. This propelled the state's COVID-19 tally to 19,02,458. Currently, there are 58,376 active cases in the state. With 4,122 COVID-19 patients discharged in the day, the number of recovered soared to 17,94,080.
With the outbreak of the coronavirus, 75 people have lost their lives a total of 48,876 people in the state have died owing to the contagious disease. While 4,94,815 persons are under home quarantine, 3,660 others have been admitted to institutional quarantine centres. The COVID-19 recovery rate and fatality rate in the state stand at 94.3 per cent, and 2.57 per cent respectively.
Meanwhile, in the wake of a new strain of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in the UK, on Monday, December 21 Maharashtra government announced a night curfew in municipal corporation areas from December 22 to January 5 as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of contagious disease.
As per the state government directives, the curfew will remain in effect between 11 pm to 6 am till January 5 in the financial capital. BMC and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has also issued a set of guidelines for the passengers arriving in Mumbai from Europe and Middle East countries. Under this, passengers arriving from these countries will have to spend seven days in an institutional quarantine after arriving in Mumbai with their own expense. Furthermore, there is a flight ban from all flight originating from and to Mumbai from December 22 11:59 pm till the end of this month.
Mumbai reported 503 new COVID-19 cases, 594 recoveries and 11 deaths on Tuesday, December 22, taking the total number of cases in the financial capital to 2,87,816. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, there are 7,650 active cases and 26,82,97 patients have completely recovered so far. The death toll is at 11,019 in the city. The recovery rate stands at 93 per cent. At present 22,25,190 tests have been conducted by the BMC. There are 256 contaminated zones in slums and chawls while 2,862 buildings are sealed by the BMC.
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