Mumbai News LIVE Updates: City reports 294 new Covid-19 cases, 240 recoveries

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) will conduct the Covid-19 vaccination drive across 62 centres in the city on Monday. Both the doses of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines will be available for beneficiaries above 18 years of age. The centres will operate between 10 am and 4 pm. Check out the list here

After a nudge from Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW), the BMC has ordered a probe into the revenue loss caused by the fire brigade’s failure to recover fire service fees from builders and annual fees from residents since 2014 . BMC chief Iqbal Chahal last week directed the enquiry department to conduct a preliminary probe against top fire officials. Full story here

High profile Shiv Sena leader Milind Narvekar, a trusted aide of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Sunday demolished his own bungalow on Dapoli-Murud seashore in Ratnagiri district after it was confirmed that there were blatant violations of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules. Narvekar is seen as one of the most powerful persons in the Shiv Sena circles; he is directly involved in most of the decision-making processes. Full story here

A Thane court granted anticipatory bail to three accused in a harassment case filed by a woman against her ‘husband’, ‘father-in-law’ and another female family friend. Interestingly, the complainant after filing harassment case, gave a supplementary statement that she was not married to him, but pretended about it, and charges of rape were added. Full story here

A 48-year-old man who tried to kill himself outside the Maharashtra secretariat here by consuming some poisonous substance died during treatment at a hospital, police said on Sunday.A police official said the deceased was identified as Subhash Jadhav, a resident of Ambegaon in the Pune district.Jadhav had come to meet officials at the Mantralaya in south Mumbai on Friday in connection with a land dispute case but was not allowed inside as the entry is restricted due to the COVID-19 norms, he said.Jadhav then tried to kill himself by consuming some pesticide outside the front gate of the Mantralaya.

Amidst short supply of vaccines, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has received help from a private bank, which will carry out a free mass immunisation drive. The NMMC approved a proposal from Citibank a few days ago to supply 25,000 free doses as part of its CSR activity. Citibank has roped in Jaslok Hospital, which will supply the Covishield vaccines meant for both first and second doses.

The record-breaking 11.04 lakh doses administered in the vaccination drive against Covid-19 in the state on Saturday pushed the month’s total to 82 lakh doses. The day saw the state make up 21.14% of all vaccine doses that were administered in the country. Full report here

Ordinary local train commuters are miffed at the authorities for what they have termed as a “disparity” between them and essential category workers. While the average commuter must comply with double vaccination, passenger activists point to the fact that just about 50% of essential workers in Thane and 72% in Mumbai have been fully vaccinated. As a result, the activists have questioned a policy that allows large numbers of partially-vaccinated individuals to share congested suburban train compartments. Full story here

One person died from Covid-19 in the city in the past 24 hours. The number of new Covid deaths reported in a single day has not been that low since the very beginning of the pandemic in March last year. During its worst, the city has seen upto 136 deaths registered in a single day. Full report here