Mumbai Covid

COVID-19: Maharashtra records 1,881 cases, 81% rise in a day

State capital Mumbai alone accounted for 1,242 new cases on Tuesday. On Monday, the state had recorded 1,036 infections while Mumbai had reported 676 cases

'Illegal': Bombay HC on Maharashtra's orders allowing only fully vaccinated in local trains

The orders were passed by the state's then chief secretary Sitaram Kunte in 2021. The court noted that orders breached the state disaster management rules and were issued in Kunte's individual capacity

Mumbai reports 429 new COVID cases, positivity rate falls to 1% for the first time in 2022

The city reported less than 500 new cases for the fourth straight day. Mumbai's positivity rate dropped to 1.19 per cent on 21 December, 2021 but it began rising in January

'Despite taking all precautions…': Ekta Kapoor tests positive for COVID-19

Ekta Kapoor has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. She is currently under home quarantine.

Maharashtra logs 2,219 new cases of COVID-19, 49 deaths; 3,139 patients recover

The death toll went up by 49 to 1,39,670 on Wednesday, while the state had reported 43 and 36 fatalities on Tuesday and Monday respectively.

Maharashtra reports over 8,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, taking total infections past 21 lakh

Apart from Mumbai and Pune, the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions are witnessing an uptick in cases, prompting authorities to mull a lockdown in some cities

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: 600 new cases detected across country today, says ICMR; Odisha to set up two dedicated COVID-19 hospitals

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates:According to ICMR's 9 pm update on Saturday, 17,143 samples were tested of which 600 were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Overall, 1,79,374 samples from 1,64,773 individuals have been tested till date and 7,703 individuals have tested positive for the disease among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases in the country, it said.

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Delhi needs at least 2 lakh PPEs 'immediately', says Kejriwal govt; 183 new COVID-19 cases reported today

Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said, 'Centre has promised us to provide personal protective equipment (PPEs). We have been told that 13,500 PPEs will be given tonight and 13,500 will be provided by tomorrow. Immediately we need at least 2 lakh PPEs.'

Coronavirus Outbreak: Prices of pulses touch three digits in Mumbai and Delhi; potato, onion and cooking oil rates go north across India

In the southern states, the price of Urad dal has gone up by more than Rs 20 per kilogram after the lockdown.

Coronavirus outbreak will push a vast section deeper into poverty and hunger; governments must take these steps to ease suffering

Despite the lockdown, state governments or the Union government should make special provisions to ensure that unemployed workers return home, either to be rid of the burden of paying extra for a roof, or to escape shelters and camps where an outbreak of COVID-19 could spread calamitously.