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Maharashtra records 33,470 new COVID cases, 31 fresh Omicron infections; Mumbai reports five more deaths
Fp Staff •Mumbai on Monday reported 13,648 new COVID-19 cases, around 30 percent or 5,826 less than the previous day, and five fatalities. City's tally of infections now stands at 9,28,220 and the death toll at 16,411
Maharashtra reports 12,160 new Covid cases, 8,082 from Mumbai; highest since 18 April
•Mumbai also reported 40 new cases of the latest coronavirus variant Omicron, pushing the number of such infections to 368 in the metropolis
COVID-19: Mumbai schools to remain shut for classes 1 to 9 and 11 till 31 Jan, online classes on
•Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar said they had seen that 16 percent of children were infected with COVID-19 in the city which is why they decided to close the schools
Maharashtra registers over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in a day, 22 deaths
•With these additions, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 66.6 lakh, while the toll increased to 1.41 lakh. However, the state did not report any new case of Omicron in past 24 hours
COVID-19: BMC calls for meeting with health officers on rising number of Omicron cases
•Maharashtra reported 1,648 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 new cases of the Omicron variant of the virus were also detected
India logs 11,466 COVID-19 cases and 460 deaths in last 24-hours; active cases lowest in 264 days
•The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.90 percent. This has been less than two percent for 37 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.20 percent
Maharashtra mulls five-level plan to lift lockdown; full details here
Fp Staff •The easing of restrictions under the new Maharashtra 'unlock' plan will depend on the weekly COVID-19 positivity rate and status of occupancy of oxygen beds, Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar had said
Mumbai sees 953 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in two-and-a-half months; number of tests drop too
•The BMC's data showed that 17,920 tests were conducted since Monday evening, whereas more than 20,000 samples were being tested on a daily basis till last week
'Are lockdown orders only for the poor?': Bombay HC slams Shiv Sena MLA for attending public function
•The Aurangabad bench of Justices RV Ghuge and BU Debadwar also directed that no politicians are to conduct any physical ceremony or function till the lockdown restrictions are eased in Maharashtra
Mumbai preps for third wave: Pediatric COVID centres, 6,500 oxygen beds, 1,500 ICU beds to be set up
Fp Staff •Aaditya stated that as the virus mutates and targets different age groups, the response to it should also evolve