The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) may have done well in containing the Coronavirus outbreak within its limits, but fatalities have emerged as a huge cause for concern. The past six weeks have seen nearly 33 per cent of all Covid-19 deaths so far.

In the first 13 days of May, the virus has claimed 152 lives with an average of 12 deaths a day. While citizens blame poor health infrastructure and preparation by the PMC, authorities claim home-quarantined patients reach hospitals too late.