Unlock 3.0 in Mumbai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news from your city

As part of Unlock 3.0, the state government has allowed opening of malls, shopping complexes and market places in non-containment zones from August 5. However, due to high number of Covid cases in Kalyan-Dombivli, Thane and Mira-Bhayander, their municipal bodies have decided to keep the shutters down. Stay with us for latest updates.
* The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to 5th August is 2,21,49,351 including 6,64,949 samples tested yesterday: ICMR
* A 50-year-old police inspector attached to the State Intelligence Department (SID) died of COVID-19 in Mumbai on Wednesday, two days after his father's death. With the death of the police inspector, death toll due to the pandemic among the Maharashtra police force rose to 108, said an official.
* Maharashtra reported 10,309 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 4,68,265 on Wednesday, while 334 patients succumbed to the infection, the state health department said. The state also reported the death of 334 more patients, taking the toll to 16,476, said a health official.
* The BMC reported 1,125 cases in Mumbai, taking the cumulative figure to 1,19,240.
* The MMR region, including Mumbai city, reported 3,228 cases of COVID-19, taking the cumulative figure to 2,54,365, while the death toll went up to 10,243 with 155 new fatalities.