For the third day this month, the city reported a single Covid death on Tuesday. Only 213 cases were recorded.
The state reported fewer than 1,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, but there was a slight increase in Covid fatalities. Maharashtra added 886 cases and 34 deaths on Tuesday, taking the total cases to 66.3 lakh and fatalities to 1.4 lakh. Active cases in the state dropped further to 11,847, of which 3,554 were in Mumbai.
The number of critical cases in the city at the moment was 257, a fraction of the tally in May-June. Less than 7% of the 17,500 beds earmarked for Covid patients were occupied, according to the BMC dashboard.
With cases consistently staying low even 10 days after Diwali, the BMC has reduced over 2,000 beds for Covid. “We are closing down some wards in a few of our peripheral hospitals as there are very few Covid patients. In some places, we have allowed beds to be converted to non-Covid ones,’’ said BMC additional commissioner Suresh Kakani. “We can add the beds back if needed within a few days,” he added.The situation is the same across the state, said officials.
Surjitt Sahani
