Mumbai Live Highlights: Maharashtra Wednesday reported 46,000 fresh Covid-19 cases at a positivity rate of 21.4 per cent. Of this, Mumbai logged 16,420 cases at a test positivity rate of 24 per cent. Seven deaths were also reported in the financial capital. Mumbai had on Tuesday reported 11,647 new Covid-19 cases and two fatalities.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said the numbers of Covid-19 cases and its fast spreading variant Omircon were slowing coming down in the city, and appealed to citizens to get vaccinated against the viral infection.
Pednekar said out of those who died due to Covid-19 so far since February 2021, 94 per cent people were unvaccinated. Pednekar also said that even if vaccinated people get infected, they develop mild symptoms.
Mumbai News Highlights: Mumbai logs 16,420 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths; Pednekar urged people to get vaccinated against the disease, even though the number of COVID-19 and Omicron cases reported daily is going down; Follow this space for updates
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-covid-19-booster-vaccine-doses-omicron-bmc-7717095/
