The recent surge in COVID cases in Mumbai has prompted the BMC to renew its focus on private hospitals across the city. Civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal on Monday asked officials to update the list of private facilities that the BMC had taken over during the first and second wave to treat COVID patients. Authorities will also check the availability and supply of oxygen in Mumbai.

Sources said Chahal met top officials to review the situation in the city amid the threat of the Omicron variant.