Mumbai sees 1372 new COVID-19 cases; city tally at 23935 as containment zones drop to 692

After revised containment plan of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai, on Wednesday, reported 1372 cases and 41 deaths. Of se - 150 cases had tested positive between 17 and 18 May, while 15 had died between 13 and 15 May. city's current tally stands at 23935 cases with 841 deaths.

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Mumbai: 1372 new cases

As of date, BMC has undertaken a survey of 58,14,340 houses with its 1000 teams, covering 6 to 7 lakh people daily. 52,798 high-risk contacts from slums have been identified, of which 36,167 contacts have been quarantined in institutions. BMC has also undertaken a survey of senior citizens - screening 1,68,678 senior citizens - of which 1279 seniors were found with low SPO2 levels.

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BMC revises containment plan

In a bid to tighten its containment plan, BMC issued revised protocols for sealing of buildings. According to protocol, if a COVID positive case has been found in a society or a building, entire building need t be sealed, instead only particular floor can be sealed. While patient will be shifted to hospital, asymptomatic and high-risk contacts will be quarantined at home, if y have a separate toilet. BMC will disinfect wing or floors concerned, but concerned society will ensure containment zone rules are followed on floor/wing.

As per BMC's new containment plan, number of containment zones in city has reduced from 2,800 to 692. BMC has redefined containment zones as larger areas that will be mand by BMC and MLAs while sealed buildings and chawls will be mand by society itself. total count of number of sealed buildings stands at 1,271.

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Maharashtra redefines COVID-19 zones

After extending lockdown till May 30, state has divided its COVID-19 zones as “red zones” and “n-red zones", instead of red, orange, and green zones - based on death count and doubling rate. As per new definition, Maharashtra's red zones are Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune, Solapur, Aurangabad, Malegaon, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgoan, Akola and Amravati, while rest of state are n-red zones. While stringent restrictions prevalent in previous red zones, rest of state has been allowed to open up as per MHA's Lockdown 4.0 guidelines.

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