Most people in Mumbai have been staying indoors, while many others are getting vaccinated in a bid to arrest the surge of coronavirus in the city.

In photo: People queue up at a vaccination centre in Dahisar. Photo: Sameer Markande

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started to stamp the hands of people arriving in Mumbai from other states in a bid to ensure that they follow home quarantine guidelines.

In photo: A BMC worker stamps the hand of passengers arriving at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway Station in Kurla. Photo: Sameer Abedi

According to BMC data, Mumbai's COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 87 per cent, while the infection growth rate has dropped to 1.09 per cent. The case doubling rate improved to 62 days, the civic body said.

Photo: Sameer Markande

According to Dr. Shashank Joshi, a member of the Maharashtra government's COVID-19 task force, the turnaround in the number of cases in Mumbai was due to the "ATM strategy", which is 'Assess, Triage and Transfer, and Management'. Photo: Sameer Abedi

In photo: Social distancing goes for a toss as people crowd at a vaccination centre in Dahisar. Photo: Sameer Markande

Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale has instructed the city police force working in the field to wear two masks and face shields to protect themselves from the COVID-19 infection. This comes after the police force have lost six personnel from different police stations to coronavirus in the second wave so far.

Photo: Sameer Markande

Kids playing at Girgaon Chowpatty in South Mumbai. The civic body has shut down all beaches in the city in wake of the surge in COVID-19 infections

Photo: Bipin Kokate

According to the state health department, more than five lakh people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Maharashtra on Monday, the highest in a day so far. Vaccine doses were given to beneficiaries at 6,155 centres - 5,347 government-run and 808 private ones, the department said.

People above 45 wait their turn to get a jab of COVID-19 vaccine at Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital in Kandivli. Photo: Satej Shinde

The Mumbai police have deployed special police officers outside buildings that were sealed after five or more COVID-19 cases were found there. The Mumbai police have appointed 1,100 special police officers for the COVID-19 pandemic duty, Mumbai Police PRO S Chaitanya said.

In photo: A 100-bed COVID-19 care centre at PJ Hindu Gymkhana, Marine Drive in South Mumbai. Picture shot by: Shadab Khan

Travellers waiting outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in Kurla to board trains to go back to their village amid the second COVID-19 wave in Mumbai. Photo: Sameer Abedi