No new Omicron case, Mumbai reports zero death
Mumbai While the new Covid cases continued to remain above 500 in Maharashtra, no new case of Omicron was reported in the state on Monday. Maharashtra on Monday recorded 544 new Covid cases along with four deaths.
A total of 54 patients have been infected with this new variant to date of which 31 have been discharged due to negative RT-PCR test.
The total number of cases to date has now reached 66,50,140, while the deaths have reached 1,41,353. Mumbai recorded 191 new cases with zero deaths with its total tally of cases to 7,67,241.
There were 87,002 tests done on Monday while the number of recoveries clocked was 515.
The active cases have now reached 7,093 with Mumbai leading with 2,061, followed by Pune with 1,912 and Thane with 1,035.
The death toll has now reached 1,41,353 with Pune again leading with 19,765 deaths followed by Mumbai with 16,365 patients and Thane with 11,585.
Amid the fear of spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has appealed to citizens to avoid gatherings and parties during the upcoming Christmas festival and New Year, and warned of stringent action against those who flout rules.
Chahal has said due to the new virus variant Omicron, the situation at many countries in the world has once again gone out of control and has created a lockdown-like situation. He said despite repeated appeals by the government and administration to prevent a possible third wave of COVID-19, the guidelines are not being followed properly in most places - especially at wedding ceremonies and other functions, and there is a need to curb the growing crowds at such events.
Chahal asked citizens to strictly adhere to rules regarding attendance at weddings and other functions.