As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from Mumbai.
*Maids cannot be prevented from entering housing societies now that lockdown restrictions have been relaxed, legal experts said on Saturday. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke in March, this has become a hot button issue across the city as managing committees of housing societies banned domestic helps from entering the premises even as their members opposed it.
*There will be no 20-25 feet tall idols during Ganeshotsav this year. Mandals have agreed to a state government request to limit the height of moortis given the threat of drawing crowds amid Covid-19.
* Update at 9.50am: Highest single-day spike of 15,413 Covid-19 cases pushes India's tally to 4,10,461; death toll rises to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities
*In the first three weeks since domestic aviation resumed on May 25, only 1-2% of domestic air tickets sold on online travel portals for journeys till mid-July were return tickets. In the pre-Covid-19 days, the share of return tickets ranged between 25% and 30%.
*Confinement in small spaces due to the lockdown and constrained social interactions have fuelled an increase in body crimes in the city. “Family discord has increased, so violent crimes within families are also being witnessed,” said former IPS officer YP Singh.
*A daily despatch by Mumbai police, mainly for internal circulation, has begun describing policemen dying of Covid-19 while on duty as “martyrs”. The move, aimed at improving the morale of the force, is to be backed by financial aid for this “supreme sacrifice” by cops.
*Mumbai registered its worst single-day toll of 136 on Saturday, but experienced a slump in the growth rate for cases. BMC attributed the increase in deaths to "bookkeeping". Of the latest 136 fatalities, 61 occurred before June 16 while 75 took place between June 16 and 19. Total death tally in Mumbai has touched 3,561.
*Mumbai’s average doubling rate of Covid-19 has improved considerably and increased to 34 days on Friday. This is an improvement from May 13, when the doubling rate was 13 days. A doubling rate of above 30 days is considered to be a safe zone. Doubling rate is a recognised indication of the rate of spread of Covid-19 in an area.
*Maids cannot be prevented from entering housing societies now that lockdown restrictions have been relaxed, legal experts said on Saturday. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke in March, this has become a hot button issue across the city as managing committees of housing societies banned domestic helps from entering the premises even as their members opposed it.
*There will be no 20-25 feet tall idols during Ganeshotsav this year. Mandals have agreed to a state government request to limit the height of moortis given the threat of drawing crowds amid Covid-19.
* Update at 9.50am: Highest single-day spike of 15,413 Covid-19 cases pushes India's tally to 4,10,461; death toll rises to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities
*In the first three weeks since domestic aviation resumed on May 25, only 1-2% of domestic air tickets sold on online travel portals for journeys till mid-July were return tickets. In the pre-Covid-19 days, the share of return tickets ranged between 25% and 30%.
*Confinement in small spaces due to the lockdown and constrained social interactions have fuelled an increase in body crimes in the city. “Family discord has increased, so violent crimes within families are also being witnessed,” said former IPS officer YP Singh.
*A daily despatch by Mumbai police, mainly for internal circulation, has begun describing policemen dying of Covid-19 while on duty as “martyrs”. The move, aimed at improving the morale of the force, is to be backed by financial aid for this “supreme sacrifice” by cops.
*Mumbai registered its worst single-day toll of 136 on Saturday, but experienced a slump in the growth rate for cases. BMC attributed the increase in deaths to "bookkeeping". Of the latest 136 fatalities, 61 occurred before June 16 while 75 took place between June 16 and 19. Total death tally in Mumbai has touched 3,561.
*Mumbai’s average doubling rate of Covid-19 has improved considerably and increased to 34 days on Friday. This is an improvement from May 13, when the doubling rate was 13 days. A doubling rate of above 30 days is considered to be a safe zone. Doubling rate is a recognised indication of the rate of spread of Covid-19 in an area.
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