Mumbai reports 1,167 cases
Mumbai registered 1,167 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest in almost four months (119 days). The last time the city has recorded more than 1000 cases was on November 28, 2020 (1068 cases). However, the number of deaths has been on the lower side, and today too, the city saw only four deaths. The total case count of Mumbai is now 3,21,698 with 11,453 fatalities. Photo by Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Local trains behind surge?
BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said that three weeks after the local trains started for the general public, some of the cause for the rise in cases could be attributed to the large volume of public movement in the transport system. “One of my hunches is that the local trains in Mumbai, which carry almost 50 lakh people a day, were lying shut from last March till January 31, and only on February 1 we allowed all our rail population to board these trains. I have been saying that it would take us three weeks to understand if the trains have caused any rise in cases. Now we are exactly three weeks away from February 1 and some cases may have been attributed to the huge movement in trains in COVID times,” said Chahal, adding that they were preparing themselves for the worst even if he may be wrong. Photo by Uma Kadam/BCCL
That's a 'fine' collection
The BMC has collected a total of Rs 30.5 crore in fine from March 2020 till date from Mumbaikars for not wearing masks. On Tuesday alone, the civic body collected a total fine amount of Rs 29 lakh from 14,600 people. Photo by Raju Shinde/BCCL
Worli beautification
Several artists hit the streets of Worli and painted the walls of the city under the BMC's beautification programme. They painted pictures of frontline workers to ordinary Mumbaikars in vibrant colours. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/ BCCL
NMMC ramps up testing
In a bid to prevent another wave of the virus, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has ramped up its testing facilities inside the civic body limits. On Wednesday too, the swabs of several suspected persons were collected at Meenatai Thackeray hospital in Nerul and were sent to the testing labs. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL
Testing in Dharavi
After Mumbai's slum colony Dharavi had recorded zero cases for two consecutive days in January, the number of positive patients have once again begun to increase in the area. The BMC has been urging people to get themselves tested and follow all safety measures to prevent another outbreak of the virus in the densely populated zone. Photo by SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
Nakabandi at Bhandup
Cops on Wednesday stopped and fined several commuters for violating COVID and traffic rules in Bhandup. People were reprimanded and issued challans for not wearing helmets as well as masks by police personnel. Photo by Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Cops get the jab
Mumbai police and commandos of Force One got vaccinated at Nesco Jumbo vaccination centre at Goregaon on Wednesday. They even clicked selfies while leaving the vaccination centre. Photo by Uma Kadam/BCCL
A safe wedding
Following the government's social distancing norms, a wedding hall in Nahur kept only 50 chairs in the premises and marked the other ones with stickers asking guests to not use them. Photo by Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
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