Mumbai is close to becoming a Covid-free megacity, with nine big wards reporting zero cases for a week while others seeing 1-6 infections. According to BMC’s report, heavily populated suburbs like Borivli, Kurla, Chembur and Goregaon did not see even a single case from December 4-10. Health officials say Covid-19 is now in an endemic stage. 

Since the outbreak of novel Coronavirus in March 2020, Mumbai has confirmed 1,154,997 infections and 19,744 fatalities from the respiratory disease.