A health worker collects a sample of a traveler to test for COVID-19, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai. (PTI)
Mumbai News Live: Mumbai on Thursday reported 3,671 fresh Covid cases and a total of 371 recoveries, taking the tally of overall active cases to 11,360. The city had recorded 2,510 cases a day earlier.
Maharashtra, meanwhile, reported 5,368 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,193 recoveries, and 22 deaths, taking active cases to 18,217. The number of Omicron cases rose to 450, with the state recording 198 cases of the variant on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, the Centre wrote to the Maharashtra government to enhance the surveillance in the five districts of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban, Pune, Thane and Nagpur which recorded high test positivity rates in the last few weeks. Active cases in Maharashtra have been increased by 117.4 per cent since last two weeks.
The number of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai almost doubled within 24 hours on Wednesday — from 1,333 to 2,510 — indicating a possible third wave. On Wednesday, Mumbai reported 2,510 Covid-19 cases, the highest one-day surge reported after 235 days — on May 18, 2,664 cases were registered. The city recorded a 83.4 per cent rise in cases on Wednesday compared to Tuesday.
The state government cleared promotions of 55 Indian Police Service officers in a departmental promotion committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Debashish Chakraborty on Thursday.
The 2009 batch of IPS officers were promoted from deputy commissioner of police to selection grade DCP, and IPS officers of the 2008 batch were promoted as deputy inspectors general of police.
IPS officers of the 2004 batch were promoted as inspector general of police, and officers of the 1997 batch were promoted as additional DG of police. However, there are no posts of additional DG which are vacant and officers will be posted once ADGs get promoted and posted as DG. Read more
Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who recently obtained bail in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Thursday sought permission from the special NIA court here to live in neighbouring in Thane instead of Mumbai.
Bharadwaj was released from prison earlier this month after the Bombay High Court granted her bail. The special court for National Investigation Agency (NIA), while passing the release order, had said that she shall not leave Mumbai without permission.
Bharadwaj’s plea said she wanted to shift to a friend’s place in Thane, as finding accommodation in Mumbai was expensive. In response, the prosecution said she should submit an affidavit of the person with whom she wished to live and residence proof. The activist’s petition will be heard on January 5. (PTI)
Maharashtra reported 5,368 fresh Covid-19 cases, (more 1,468 cases than yesterday’s numbers), 1,193 recoveries, and 22 deaths, taking active cases to 18,217. The number of Omicron cases rose to 450, with the state recording 198 cases of the variant on Thursday.
Maharashtra reports 5,368 fresh COVID cases (a jump of 1,468 over yesterday’s numbers), 1,193 recoveries, and 22 deaths today, taking active cases to 18,217
The number of #Omicron cases rises to 450, with the state recording 198 cases of the variant today pic.twitter.com/UJLyPfq1Fs
— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
Thane police arrested two persons on Wednesday for allegedly planting 645 bear claws and teeth at a shop in Ulhas Nagar town to frame the shop owner over an old dispute.
The accused were identified as Anwar Abdul Rauf Khan, a scrap shop owner, and Mohammad Arif Sirajuddin Khan, who connived to place the animal body parts in the shop and tip off the police.
According to the police, on December 24 they received a tip off about animal body parts at a food outlet in Venus Chowk at Ulhas Nagar town in Thane. The central crime unit raided the premises on Sunday and seized the animal body parts. Read more
Mumbai on Thursday recorded 3,671 Covid-19 cases. In Maharashtra a total of 198 Omicron cases were detected. A 52-year-old man with a travel history to Nigeria died of a heart attack on December 28, 2021 at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Yashwantrao Chavan Hospital. This patient has had diabetes for the last 13 years.
The death of this patient is due to non-covid reasons. Coincidentally, today’s NIV report reveals that he was infected with the Omicron virus. (ENS)
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s objections aside, the imbroglio over the new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker also has its roots in the differences within the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition.
As per the power-sharing formula between the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, the Speaker’s post had gone to the Congress’s share. In February, the Sena and NCP were taken by surprise when Nana Patole resigned from the post to “work for the party” (he was subsequently made the state Congress chief). The two parties did not take the move kindly as the Speaker holds considerable power in a House where the MVA retains majority by a thread.
To make their displeasure clear, sources said, the Sena and NCP ensured that there was no election to the post of Speaker all through the Budget Session and Monsoon Session. Read more
A man allegedly killed his younger brother, an employee of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) in suburban Vikhroli here over a property dispute on Thursday morning, a police official said.
The deceased has been identified as 55-year-old Vijay Salvi, he said.
“The victim’s elder brother, Uttam Salvi, killed him using a sharp weapon following a heated argument over a property. The accused worked as a security guard. Police have nabbed him and a case under IPC section 302 (murder) has been registered against him,” the official said.
During the probe, police found that the siblings used to frequently fight over a room located in a chawl, he said. (PTI)
Mumbai on Thursday reported 3,671 fresh Covid cases and a total of 371 recoveries, taking the tally of overall active cases to 11,360. The city had recorded 2,510 cases a day earlier.
#CoronavirusUpdates
30th December, 6:00pmPositive Pts. (24 hrs) – 3671
Discharged Pts. (24 hrs) – 371Total Recovered Pts. – 7,49,159
Overall Recovery Rate – 96%
Total Active Pts. – 11360
Doubling Rate – 505 Days
Growth Rate (23 Dec – 29 Dec)- 0.14%#NaToCorona— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) December 30, 2021
According to the seven-day forecast by the India Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature will rise by one-two degrees Celsius over the next few days. (File)
The minimum temperature in the city dropped to 17.4 degrees Celsius on Wednesday morning, the lowest this season so far. The lowest minimum temperature last year was 15 degrees Celsius and in the year before that 16.4 degrees Celsius.
A 30-year-old healthcare worker from Govandi has been arrested by Shivaji Nagar police for administering an injection to a woman that allegedly caused her death. Police said the incident took place in October 2020 but the case was registered only recently after a panel from JJ hospital submitted its report to police.
An auto-rickshaw driver and three others were arrested for allegedly stealing Rs 2.50 lakh from a commuter in Mumbai. The accused had used a fake number plate to avoid getting caught.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-centre-writes-to-maharashtra-government-on-rising-covid-19-cases-new-year-parties-banned-7698369/
