In just 6 days of September, Mumbai logs over 28 per cent of total Covid-19 cases recorded in August: BMC data

In the first six days of September Mumbai has recorded over 28 per cent of the total Covid19 cases that it had reported during the entire last month as per civic dataThe spike in the cases has left the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC officials worried ahead of the festive season beginning on September 10 with the Ganesh ChaturthiAdditional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani on Monday said in view of the current situation the BMC has decided to ramp up coronavirus testing hire more cleanup marshals to impose fine on people spitting in public places and keep jumbo Covid19 centres readyThe data shows that Mumbai reported 2570 Covid19 infections in the last six days of September which comes to 289 per cent of the total 9147 cases recorded in the entire month of August Besides the city reported 21 fatalities in the last six days while it had recorded 157 deaths due to Covid19 during the entire last monthWith the surge in daily cases the active Covid19 cases which had dipped to 2700 jumped to 3771 on MondayThe number of buildings sealed due to the Covid19 cases rose to 44 from 20 in AugustIn another worrying parameter the average doubling rate of Covid19 cases worsened to 1290 days after improving to over 2000 days The average growth rate based on the past seven days increased to 006 per cent from 004 per cent as per the dataOne month is important for us Currently people are going out for the tenday Ganpati festival beginning September 10 They will return after the immersion of idols on Anant Chaturdashi Hence this period and the next 15 days will be very crucial for us Kakani saidIn normal times pandals set up by various mandals in Mumbai and in other cities of Maharashtra used to attract thousands of devotees during the Ganesh festivalOn Monday Mumbai reported 379 new coronavirus cases and five fatalities taking the tally of infections to 746725 and the death toll to 15998 The city is now left with 3771 active Covid19 cases a BMC official saidThe daily Covid19 cases in Mumbai were recorded over 400 since September 1 but after a gap of five days the city logged less than 400 infections on MondayOn Sunday Mumbai had recorded 496 Covid19 cases and two fatalitiesKakani said the civic body is increasing the number of Covid19 tests as a precautionary measure and also speeding up the pace of vaccination Apart from this the BMC is also conducting meetings with general practitioners at ward levels and keeping jumbo Covid19 facilities readyWe are also appealing people to follow Covid19 appropriate behaviour the civic official said adding that they have already directed the ward offices to increase the number of cleanup marshalsHe said the jumbo Covid19 centres at Dahisar Mulund and BandraKurla Complex BKC are already opened and a couple of more centres will be opened later this monthAmid the rising graph of Covid19 cases BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal last week held a meeting with top officials of the civic body and Mumbai policeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever