For the first time in nine months, Navi Mumbai reported no COVID-related deaths on Tuesday. The welcome zero has come after the coronavirus felled 1,070 people, said the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.  Areas under NMMC have so far reported 51,841 cases, of which 96 per cent have recovered and only 832 patients are under treatment now. The daily count has remained below the 100-mark for the past month. 

With the spread of the disease slowing down, officials said, they focussed on checking mortality. The NMMC reported 67 fatalities in December 2020, the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic. But not a single day had passed when there were no COVID deaths.