Mumbai unlock 1.0 news: Today's updates

Covid-19 cases are increasing day by day in suburbs area in Mumbai (Photo credit: Mumbai Mirror)
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
*A 52-year-old gynaecologist from Kalyan, Dr Parag Patil, died at Jaslok Hospital on Sunday after a monthlong battle with Covid-19.
*PTI update at 9.47am: India's Covid-19 death toll rises to 13,699, cases climb to 4,25,282 with 445 new fatalities and 14,821 fresh infections: Health ministry
*A 54-year-old executive engineer from the storm water drain department of the BMC died at the SevenHills hospital, where he had been admitted with Covid-19, on Sunday.
*Maharashtra on Sunday raced past 6,000 Covid-19 deaths, 105 days after its first case was detected. With an addition of 186 deaths, including some added as part of statistical reconciliation, the death toll stood at 6,170.
*Of the total 2,428 Mumbai Police personnel found Covid-19 positive so far, 1,702 have recovered and 688 are still undergoing treatment. Of the 1,702 cops who have recovered, 46 are from J J Marg police station. Most of them have resumed duty.
*A head constable attached to the intelligence wing of the Mumbai Police died of Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the total death count of city policemen to 32. This is the first death in the intelligence wing.
*The growth rate of cases shrank below the 2% mark and came to rest at 1.96% in Mumbai.
*Four constables attached to the Thane Central jail have tested Covid-19 positive. Their treatment has started and their close contacts have been quarantined.
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