Mumbai sees COVID spike with 645 new cases in 24 hrs; city tally soars to 3,14,076

Seeing yet ar spike in COVID-19 cases, Mumbai on Sunday reported 645 cases and 4 deaths. With 309 recoveries, city's cured tally rose to 2,96,195. Mumbai's total cases have risen to 3,14,076 with 5608 active cases and 11,417 fatalities.

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Mumbai: 645 new COVID cases

Mumbai's recovery rate has risen to 94% w while its growth rise has slowed to 0.14%, as Mumbai locals reopen from general public under restricted timings. BMC reported that 30,14,520 samples have been tested till date with a 10.39% positivity rate. With increasing number of cases, BMC reported that 638 out of 1033 ventilator beds are vacant, while 1128 out of 1707 ICU beds are vacant, till date. As of date, 82,63,858 vaccine doses have been ministered.

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2nd dose of vaccination starts

In its release, Centre stated, as of February 14, 2021, till 8:00 am, cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 in country has surpassed 82 lakhs. 82,63,858 beneficiaries have been vaccinated through 1,72,852 sessions, as per provisional report till 8 am today. se include 59,84,018 HCWs (1st dose), 23,628 HCWs (2nd dose) and 22,56,212 FLWs (1st dose). 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccination started yesterday (February 13) for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of 1st dose.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra public health officials are awaiting instructions from Centre about how to begin second round of vaccination. "As many as 13,290 healthcare workers and 18,686 frontline workers have been iculated today. With this, cumulative figure of immunized healthcare workers rose to 5,49,105 while 1,33,899 front line workers have been iculated so far," an official said on Saturday.

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Mumbai COVID crisis

With Maharashtra extending its lockdown, BMC has limited its containment zones to 88, while over 2663 buildings and chawls have been sealed and are being self-mand by society. BMC has tweaked its containment zones criteria mandating sealing of buildings that have 10 or more cases in 2 or more floors. recent BMC report shows Chembur as most affected place with doubling rate at 245 days, while Dongri is least affected ward with a doubling rate at 1211 days. Overall, Mumbai's doubling rate is at 479 days - which is lower than national aver of 634 days.

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