With over 70 per cent COVID-19 patients having links to Mumbai, one of the worst hit cities in the country, the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has started collecting data of the residents' travel to the financial hub for work every day.

According to the official data, 72 per cent of the 312 cases of novel Coronavirus in MBMC have either travelled to Mumbai for work or have close contact with them. mid-day had earlier reported that the corporations and councils in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region had asked BMC to provide accommodation to their residents near the workplace or minimise the workforce.