Mumbai reporting around 2,000 Covid cases per day Vs 150 cases last week: Thackeray

Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said that Mumbai is now reporting around 2,000 cases per day as opposed to 150 cases per day last week. He said the cases might surpass 2,000 on Wednesday.

In lieu of the sudden spike in cases in the midst of year-end festivities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation met on Wednesday to review the situation, to prepare as well as to plan for the proposed vaccination for ages 15-18 that the state intends to carry out in early January, Thackeray tweeted. ‘I urge all not to panic but exercise extreme caution,” he added.

The BMC will be connecting with all educational institutions in the city to plan an organised vaccination drive for all those from 15 to 18 years of age in the next 48 hours, Thackeray tweeted.

“We have also asked all the covid care jumbo centres to be at the stand by, at all readiness levels, along with basic facilities to medical infrastructure. Testing and tracing protocols for all that have been operational all through were reviewed too,” he tweeted.