Mumbai reports 547 cases and 27 deaths in a day; total COVID-19 tally rises to 8172

As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 547 fresh vel coronavirus cases were reported in Mumbai on Saturday till 6 pm. This includes 190 patients who tested positive in various labs between April 29 and 30. y have been added to Saturday's tally as ir lab report was received in day. Thus, re are 8,172 COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's capital. Moreover, 27 persons died owing to COVID-19 taking Mumbai's death toll to 322. Around 20 of deceased patients had co-morbidities. In a positive development, 137 individuals were discharged on Saturday. total number of recovered persons stands at 1,704. 

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790 new cases in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Public Health Department revealed that 790 new COVID-19 cases had been detected in day leading to state recording an overall tally of 12,296. On or hand, death toll has surged to 521 with 36 patients passing away on Saturday. A total of 2,000 persons have recovered from COVID-19. 

re are 844 containment zones in state presently. Surveillance of 44.40 lakh individuals was undertaken by 10,513 surveillance squads. While 1,74,933 persons are in home quarantine, 12,623 ors have been admitted to an institutional quarantine centre. 

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Lockdown guidelines

On Friday, Central government anunced extension of nationwide lockdown till May 17. new guidelines for post-May 3 lockdown period grant more relaxations for Red zones, Orange zones, and Green zones. Educational institutions, hospitality services, malls, gyms, shopping malls, religious places of worship, garings, etc. shall remain prohibited in all zones. Maharashtra has also released revised guidelines retaining restrictions in all municipal corporations falling within Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Malegaon Municipal Corporation, Pune Municipal Corporation, and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. 

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