With fresh additions, the city’s Coronavirus tally rose to 8,07,602, while the death toll increased to 16,379 on Monday, as per official data
Mumbai is seeing a hike in the number of Covid-19 cases since the last week. On Monday January 3, the metropolis reported 8,082 Covid-19 cases, the highest daily count since April 18, 2021, taking the caseload beyond the eight lakh-mark. There were 40 new cases of the Omicron variant, pushing the number of such infections to 368 in the metropolis, according to the Maharashtra government’s health department. With fresh additions, the city’s Coronavirus tally rose to 8,07,602, while the death toll increased to 16,379 on Monday, as per official data.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on January 4, 2022 that if the daily Covid-19 cases crosse the 20,000-mark, a lockdown would be imposed in the city as per the Indian government’s rules. She was talking to reporters. Pednekar went on to suggestthat citizens wear triple-layer masks while travelling in public transport.
“Today, no one wants a lockdown and it certainly shouldn’t be imposed, as just now everyone is recovering from it. If the lockdown is enforced again, it will badly affect everyone. But, if the daily Covid-19 cases cross the 20,000 mark, a lockdown will be implemented by the civic body and the state government as per the Union government’s rules.”
— Kishori Pednekar, Mumbai Mayor
In addition, she requested all citizens of Mumbai to get vaccinated at the earliest and follow all Covid-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs). She also said that the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, could address the citizens in a couple of days.
On its part, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would carry out RT-PCR tests of people returning from Goa by a cruise ship and quarantine them at civic centres, or in hotels if they are ready to pay for it.
The mayor said BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal had been keeping a close watch on the situation, and he had already hinted about the lockdown, if the Covid-19 cases in the city rose over 20,000.
“Today, no one wants a lockdown and it certainly shouldn’t be imposed, as just now everyone is recovering from it. If the lockdown is enforced again, it will badly affect everyone. But, if the daily Covid-19 cases cross the 20,000 mark, a lockdown will be implemented by the civic body and the state government as per the Union government’s rules,” Pednekar said.
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