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Mumbai amps up hospital capacity and stocks medicines as Covid cases rise

Occupancy has more than doubled over the last week

Top Headlines: Race for IPL media rights; Mumbai covid surge & more

As Mumbai witnesses yet another surge of Covid-19 cases, authorities have begun adding bed capacity as occupancy has crossed 1 per cent. Read more in our top headlines

Maharashtra records 3,081 Covid cases including 1,956 in Mumbai; no death

Friday's rise in cases was the highest since February 13 when the state had recorded 3,502 cases

Mumbai: Over 6,200 penalised in one day for helmetless riding: Official

The Mumbai Traffic Police has penalised more than 6,200 people for riding two-wheelers and pillion without a helmet, an official has said

Mumbai sees slight dip in Covid cases, reports 1,702 new infections

The active case count has risen to 7,998 from 7,000 in the last 24 hours and the recovery rate dipped to 97 per cent from 98 per cent, the BMC said.

Maharashtra logs 2,813 Covid cases, highest in nearly four months; 1 death

State capital Mumbai recorded 1,702 infections and the lone death during the day.

Crackdown on two Mumbai-based entities trying to export wheat on fake LCs

The commerce ministry has tightened the norms for obtaining registration certificates for wheat exports with a view to curbing fraudulent practices such as submission of improper documents by traders.

Equinix Inc to invest $86 million for its 3rd data centre in Mumbai

This initial investment by Equinix Inc. for data centre in Mumbai includes an acquisition of a parcel of land, which provides a total space of nearly four acres

Residential building collapses in Mumbai's Shastri Nagar, 1 death reported

One person died and 16 others sustained injuries following the collapse of a G+2 structure at Shastri Nagar in Mumbai's Bandra West on Wednesday night, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

Mumbai logs 1,765 new Covid cases, highest since Jan 26; active count at 7k

Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 1,765 new COVID-19 cases, its highest single day count since January 26, but did not report any fatality linked to the infection during the day, the city civic body said. There were 523 more cases on Wednesday as compared to the previous day, when the city had logged 1,242 infections. With this, the metropolis recorded a 42 per cent rise in the number of cases. On January 26, Mumbai had seen 1,858 cases and 13 fatalities. With a sharp rise in the daily COVID-19 cases, the active caseload in the city climbed to 7,000, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in its bulletin. Mumbai's overall tally of COVID 19 cases increased to 10,73,541 with 1765 new cases, but the death toll remained unchanged at 19,569 as no death occurred in the last 24 hours, it said. The city's COVID-19 positivity rate is 0.091 per cent. A total of 19,185 tests were carried out in the metropolis during the day, taking its overall test count to 1,72,27,178. Of the 1,765

Mumbai boosts hospital capacity as Covid cases rise, bed occupancy doubles

Around 10 out of every 1,000 beds are already occupied by Covid-19 patients, up from 4 a week ago

Data story: India logs 5,233 new cases; biggest single-day jump in 95 days

India has added 29,450 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai account for a third of daily Covid-19 cases

The three cities account for a tenth of the country's daily tests

Mumbai reports 1,242 new Covid cases in a day, highest since Jan 29

Notably, for the first time since March-end, the civic body has increased daily Covid-19 tests to over 15,000

At 676, Mumbai's daily Covid tally falls below 700 after five days

No fresh Covid-19 fatality was reported, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's bulletin said.

Vietjet launches direct flights from Mumbai to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

South-east carrier Vietjet on Saturday announced the launch of its direct flight services to the financial capital from Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh City. It said services on the Hanoi-Mumbai-Hanoi route will be operated three times a week, while the Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City flights will be run four times per week. Vietjet started its operations in India in December 2019, connecting New Delhi to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The services were discontinued following India suspending commercial international passenger flight operations in late March 2020 due to the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic. After the government lifted the ban on March 27 this year, Vietjet announced resumption of operations along with expansion of its services between Vietnam and India. "Following the launch of our New Delhi - Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi services, we are delighted to launch two more direct routes between Vietnam and Mumbai. "We believe that the two services from Ho Chi

Mumbai records 889 new Covid cases in a day; active caseload rises to 4,294

Of the 889 new cases, only 45 needed hospitalisation and 3 of them required oxygen support, currently 154 Covid beds are occupied in city and 14 patients are on oxygen support, the official said.

Maharashtra govt asks district, civic officials to ramp up Covid testing

The Maharashtra health department asked district and civic authorities to ramp up coronavirus testing as the numbers of samples being examined had fallen while cases were rising

Mumbai records 763 Covid cases, highest since Feb 4; active tally at 3,735

Mumbai reported 763 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the third consecutive day when the addition to the tally was above 700. No new pandemic-related death was reported in the metropolis.

Mumbai records over 700 fresh Covid cases for second day in a row

A day before, the city had witnessed 739 new cases, highest since February 4, but no fatality.