The Mumbai civic body will set up 227 new COVID-19 vaccination centres, one in each electoral ward across the city for inoculation of citizens above 18 years of age, municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Wednesday. Currently there are 135 vaccination centres in the metropolis.

Chahal said that of these, existing 63 government and civic-run vaccination centres will be meant for those above 45 years of age only. "Presently, 73 vaccination centres in Mumbai are operating in private hospitals. This figure would be increased to 100 plus facilities, which shall cater to vaccination of all citizens in above-18 age category," he said.