Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis has demanded that more Mumbaikars be tested for COVID-19 because of the city's higher rate of infection. He said on Saturday that testing in Mumbai has been stagnant because of changed protocol, which does not permit all suspected patients to be tested.

He said Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra together had a capacity of conducting 35,000 tests daily, but in the state capital asymptomatic patients and high-risk contacts were not being tested. "The infection rate in Mumbai is much higher than the rest of Maharashtra and the country's average. I demand that testing be increased and private laboratories also be allowed to test people [at the will of the sick who can afford it]," the ex-CM said during a videoconference in which he addressed journalists. He added that up until May 1, Mumbai had conducted 56 per cent of the state's total tests, but the count dropped to 27 per cent by May 31. "Maximum tests were being conducted outside Mumbai."