A man cleans equipment at a fitness centre in Navi Mumbai before gyms reopen on October 25. (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)
Maharashtra Coronavirus News Live Updates: Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally on Wednesday increased to 16,17,658 with the single-day rise of 8,142 cases. The state also reported 180 deaths, which took the fatality count to 42,633. A total of 23,371 patients were discharged during the day after treatment, taking the tally of recovered people to 14,15,679. With this, the number of active patients in the state stands at 1,58,852. Mumbai city reported 1,609 positive cases during the day, which pushed its overall case count to 2,45,869, while its death toll rose to 9,912, of which 48 were reported today. Pune city added 442 COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 1,69,178, while three deaths took toll to 3,876.
In other news from Mumbai, the Indian Railways has allowed woman commuters to travel in suburban local trains from Wednesday. The state government is considering allowing the resumption of local train services for all in Mumbai. “We will take a decision on starting suburban train services for all in the next couple of days. We have held discussions with various stakeholders. Residents will get relief on this front soon,” Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Waddetiwar said.
The Mumbai Metro rail resumed operations on Monday. (Express photo by Pradip Das)
Two videos of patients performing at Covid-19 facilities in Mumbai have surfaced on social media, even as the state government appealed to people to hold health and blood donation camps instead of dandiya during the ongoing Navratri festival.
A number of Covid-19 patients with masks on their faces were seen performing garba along with health workers wearing PPE kits on a Bollywood song in a female ward in one of the videos. Some female patients were also seen watching the performance.
In another similar video, some male patients were seen doing garba with healthcare workers in PPE kits at ‘Nursing Station 15’
The videos are from the Goregaon-based jumbo Covid-19 facility of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), according to some social media posts.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-coronavirus-live-updates-6801725/
