The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) is having a tough time controlling the deaths due to COVID-19. The number of deaths drastically increased in September, amounting to almost 30 per cent of the total deaths recorded over the past six months. On the other hand, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has been able to bring down the mortalities as the number of deaths has dropped over the past couple of months.

The PMC had been able to contain the spread of the virus till June this year but as the unlock process started, the number of cases and even the mortality rate shot up. However, in September, Panvel saw the highest number of deaths at 141.