Mumbai: Mumbai on Thursday recorded 20,181 new COVID 19 cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate in the city for the same period has also touched 29.90 percent, as per data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The active caseload in Mumbai currently stands at 79,260.
The report also displayed 106 new additions on the list of patients on oxygen support.
Tests recorded during the same period amounted to 67,487.
Alarmingly, Dharavi located in the city also recorded 107 new COVID infections, the highest ever spike recorded till date in the urban conglomeration, taking the total case count there to 7,626, as per BMC data.
Meanwhile, in COVID hit Mumbai as well as throughout Maharashtra, the administration, in light of an ever-increasing infection count, announced on Thursday that police personnel between the ages of 50 and 60 years with serious illness will be allowed to work from home, as per order from the Director-General of Police.
Personnel within the aforementioned age range have been ordered not to be on duty in crowded places. This comes after a total of 70 police personnel tested COVID positive in the last 24 hours.
The police department also directed police officers in the 50-60 years range about pre-existing chronic conditions such as blood pressure, diabetes, and other ailments.
Meanwhile, in the last three days, a total of 260 resident doctors from various hospitals in Mumbai have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors.
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