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Navi Mumbai civic body raids and tests morning walkers, two found COVID-19 positive on Thursday
Updated On: 30 April, 2021 11:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
The civic body files two FIRs in as many days against 57 people for violating COVID protocol

NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar inspected micro containment zones in Nerul and Belapur on Thursday. Pic/Twitter
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has registered two FIRs against 57 morning walkers in two days. On Thursday, during an exercise to enforce COVID protocol, when morning walkers near Jewel of Navi Mumbai were tested, two were found COVID positive. Both were sent to the corporation’s COVID care centre.
Both new COVID cases and active cases in the NMMC’s jurisdiction are on the decline. The city reached its peak amid the second COVID wave on April 4 with 1,441 cases reported in a day. Since then, daily cases have reduced, with 645 of them being reported on April 28. The active cases, which reached 11,000 in mid-April, have come down to 7,200.
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