Mumbai Live News: Eight fresh cases of Omicron were reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday, taking the state’s tally of those affected with the new Covid-19 variant to 28. Of the new cases reported, seven were from Mumbai and one was from Vasai Virar. Across the state, there are now 12 cases in Mumbai, 10 in Pimpri-Chinchwad, one in Kalyan Dombivali, two in Pune Municipal Corporation and one each in Nagpur, Vasai Virar and Latur.
Also, BMC sealed four buildings in Bandra and Khar on Tuesday after Bollywood actors Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Arora tested positive for Covid-19. Officials said the civic body also organized testing camps in these four buildings on Tuesday to check the spread of infection among other residents.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai unit of the Congress has decided to postpone its December 28 rally at Shivaji Park in the wake of the threat posed by the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus.
In other news, even after the passage of more than a fortnight, the police are clueless about the whereabouts of a 22-year-old MBBS student who went missing from Bandstand in Bandra (West) on November 29. Swadichchha Sane, a student of the government-run Grant Medical College, also known as JJ Hospital, had left her home in Boisar to reportedly appear for an internal preliminary examination on the morning of November 29. However, later it was found that she never reached the college located in the Nagpada area.
Mumbai News Today Live Updates: 2 new Omicron cases, Maharashtra tally now 20; dry weather to persist this week; spike in traffic fines in city. Read latest news and updates below:
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