Mumbai reports 107 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours as Maharashtra nears 3000 cases

Seeing a slight dip in number of cases in India's financial capital, Mumbai's civic body- BMC on Thursday, reported that 107 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were added in past 24 hours. city also witnessed 3 deaths taking city's fatalities to 116. city tops state with 2043 cases - amounting to Maharashtra's tally of 2919 cases and 187 deaths.

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Mumbai: 107 new cases

Mumbai under containment

BMC has set up 438 containment zones throughout Mumbai since rise in number of cases. With over 1 million people living in five square kilometer area, Dharavi is Mumbai's most densely populated area and has been under severe scrutiny. As Dharavi's case tally touches 89 with nine deaths, BMC has started screening all 7.5 lakh residents of Asia's biggest slum.

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Bandra mass lockdown violation

On Tuesday, around 2,000 migrant workers gared at Bandra station, under illusion of boarding 'Jansdharan Express' trains to UP, Bengal, and Bihar. Mumbai police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse crowds and have arrested activist Vinay Dubet and a Marathi news channel reporter for spreading fake news leading to mass lockdown violation. Maharashtra government is rolling out an ecomic pack for migrant labourers while BMC is setting up community kitchens to feed more homeless migrant labourers in Bandra.

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Maharashtra lockdown extended till April 30

Prior to PM Modi's anuncement extending lockdown till May 3, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, anunced that lockdown will be extended in Maharashtra at least till April 30. Moreover, he added that while it is possible for government to lift lockdown in certain places, lockdown in major areas like Mumbai will continue and on a stricter level. He warned people to maintain social distancing to avoid ar extension of lockdown.

On March 14, Thackeray government invoked Epidemic Diseases Act declaring Coronavirus as an epidemic - declaring all gyms, swimming pools, malls, atres, pubs shut in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad till March 31 amid rising cases of Coronavirus. government also shut all educational institutions and postponed all exams, except 10 & 12th board exams. With railways shutting down its services on March 22 marking 'Janta Curfew', Maharashtra government extended a state-wide curfew, stopping all transport services across districts.

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