While Mumbai has been recording fewer COVID-19 cases in June compared to May, Mira-Bhayandar has registered a three-fold rise within the past 21 days, and the number of deaths have increased four times to 88. The doubling rate of infections has increased to 12 days from 20 days."

Some part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed a rise in cases of novel Coronavirus after the state government partially eased the lockdown restrictions earlier this month. However, the cases in Mira-Bhayandar started rising in the last week of May. The city, with a population of 8.5 lakh, recorded 1,882 cases till Wednesday, June 17, which is more than three times the cases recorded on May 27.