Mumbai News LIVE Updates: City reports 32 new Covid-19 cases, active tally drops below 800

Elections to the BMC will be held in January, said CM Eknath Shinde at his residence Varsha on Tuesday, even as earlier in the day, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis said, "only God and the courts know when the BMC elections will be held,".

Fadnavis made his comments to mediapersons invited for Diwali. Asked about the delay in BMC elections and whether they would be held in December this year or January 2003, Fadnavis said he was unable to tell as it was the EC and courts that would decide. READ MORE

Diwali celebrations with firecrackers on Monday showed up a nasty side effect the day after: the city's air quality was pushed to the 'very poor' level, after almost eight months. The city recorded an AQI of 305 post-noon on Tuesday from the 'moderate' 144 logged on Monday night.

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Public anxiety over price rise is on the boil as vegetable prices continue to upset the domestic budget of most households. The extended monsoon, leading to crop damage and consequent shortages, only made things worse.

In Ghatkopar, Andheri, Khar, Matunga and Borivli, tomatoes sold for Rs 60-80 per kg on Tuesday. Spinach cost Rs 50-60 per bunch where once it was Rs 10-15, and ladies' finger and parwal (pointed gourd) Rs 120 per kg. Cluster beans or gavar was Rs 40 for a quarter kg or Rs 160 per kg. Broccoli has reportedly come to cost the earth at Rs 500 per kg in wholesale. READ MORE

The National Burns Centre (NBC) in Airoli treated 14 cases of burn injuries in the last 24 hours, all caused by the explosion of flowerpot crackers (anar). The only dedicated burns hospital in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region said they expect the number of injuries to rise further as cases from far-off districts continue to arrive a fortnight after Diwali.

City's civic and state-run hospitals, however, saw fewer Diwali injuries compared to the previous years. JJ Hospital, which usually treats at least half a dozen cases during Diwali, saw two injuries that were treatable on an outpatient basis.

MUMBAI: Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 32 new cases of coronavirus, raising the overall tally to 11,53,502, while no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the metropolis, the local civic body said. The death toll remained unchanged at 19,738. The city has reported less than 100 Covid-19 cases on the second consecutive day after 53 on Monday. A bulletin issued by the civic body said the city currently has 798 active cases.