On April 1, Mumbai reported a record number of 8,646 cases. This is the highest single-day spike that the maximum city has posted ever since the pandemic started. In the last 24 hours, 18 deaths have been reported in Mumbai. With the addition of Thursday's cases, the total tally of Mumbai now stands at 4,23,360. Currently, there are 55,005 active cases.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar hinted that some restrictions could be introduced in the city from April 2 where hotels could be asked to operate at 50 per cent of the seating capacity and religious places might be shut completely. Meanwhile, according to reports, the Mumbai locals might be restricted to only essential services staff as in the past.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is to meet officials regarding the COVID-19 situation in Mumbai today and will be addressing the state and apprising of the situation. It is expected that he may be announcing stricter norms in this meeting.
In Maharashtra, at present, there are 3,66,533 active cases in the state. With 32,641 COVID-19 patients discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recovered soared to 24,33,368. Moreover, the COVID-19 positivity rate, recovery rate and fatality rate in Maharashtra stand at 14.3 per cent, 85.2 per cent and 1.92 per cent respectively. On the other hand, with Mumbai recording 8,646 cases in the day, it remains a major novel coronavirus hotspot in the state.
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