Vaccination in progress in Vashi. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Mumbai Coronavirus Third Wave Live Updates, Mumbai Weather Forecast Live News: Mumbai Thursday reported 458 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths. The caseload in the city rose to 7,48,066 and the death toll reached 16,010. The number of active Covid-19 cases increased to 4,010 on Thursday.
The vaccination drive against Covid-19 in progress at 329 civic and government-run centres in Mumbai will remain suspended on Friday to meet administrative and technical requirements to hold special immunisation campaigns, the BMC said on Thursday. It added that there is adequate vaccine stock and the drive will resume on Saturday.
Meanwhile, to reduce crowding at the 73 natural immersion sites for Ganpati festival, including at Girgaum, Dadar and Juhu Chowpatty, the BMC will allot time slots online for visarjan. Last year, the BMC on a pilot basis had started booking slots for immersion at Girgaum Chowpatty. Immersion or visarjan for both household and mandal idols is conducted on the second, fifth, 10th and 11th day of the festival, with the most immersions taking place on the last day. The 10-day Ganpati festival begins Friday.
In other news, a special court on Thursday allowed dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze, arrested in the Ambani terror scare case, to be shifted from a private hospital in Bhiwandi to Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai for further treatment of his heart condition.
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