The state on Wednesday reported 36 new Covid-19 cases, out of which four were reported from Mumbai. There was only one death reported in Solapur due to Covid. At present, there are 164 active cases in the state, out of which 44 are in Mumbai. 

Against the background of the international scenario of rising cases of Covid-19, screening of international passengers arriving at Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur airports was started from December 24. All passengers are being thermally scanned and random samples of 2 per cent of them are taken for testing.