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TPR remains constant as city records less than 6K cases

Mumbai’s positivity rate dipped further on Thursday as the city recorded 5,708 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 10,22,789 and 12 deaths taking the toll to 16,500

TPR stood at 10.72 per cent on Thursday with 53,203 tests conducted in the last 24 hours (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 21, 2022 12:26 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC to set up vaccination camps in schools and jr colleges to inoculate max adolescents

Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner and in-charge of public health in the BMC said that junior colleges that have a significant proportion of students between 15-18 years will also have to arrange their own camps

Inoculation of 15–18-year-old adolescents started from January 3, 2022 and till January 18, a total of 1,77,614 adolescents have been vaccinated. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 19, 2022 10:38 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

City reports over 6K cases, TPR remains constant

Mumbai’s positivity rate remained the same on Tuesday as the city reported 6,149 fresh infections in the last 24 hours taking the total case tally to 1,011,314 and seven deaths, taking the toll to 16,476

Earlier last week, the TPR was around 13 per cent on Sunday (January 16), and 19 per cent on Saturday (January 15) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 18, 2022 10:58 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC, BPCL set up 2 oxygen refilling plant

The Mahul plant has been built over an area of over 850 square meters and is equipped to fill 1,500 jumbo cylinders per day

Mahalaxmi plant can refill 100-150 dura cylinders per day. (ANI)

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Published on Jan 18, 2022 12:06 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC likely to send redrawn ward boundaries to SEC today

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will send revised electoral ward boundaries for all 236 wards in the limits of Greater Mumbai to the state election commissioner for approval on Tuesday

In November this year, the Maharashtra government decided to increase nine seats in the BMC from the present 227 to 236 (HT File)

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Published on Jan 17, 2022 11:24 PM IST

ByEeshanpriya M S and Pratip Acharya

Bombay HC rejects plea against increasing BMC seats: What it means in 5 points

BMC election 2022: The increase in the number of BMC wards to 236 comes after 20 years. The number of seats was last changd in 2001 when the number of BMC seats in Mumbai rose from 221 to the existing 227 seats

BMC election 2022: BMC elections in Mumbai were expected to be held in February 2022 but it is not clear if the state election commission will need to defer the elections to be able to carry out the changes in the boundaries of wards. (HT File Photo/Anshuman Poyrekar)

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Published on Jan 17, 2022 07:27 PM IST

ByEeshanpriya MS and Pratip Acharya

BMC’s restoration of Fitzgerald Fountain gets attention in UK for its artistic finesse

Arun Kotnis and his wife Jyotsna (who uses Jona as her pen-name) has written a book, ‘The Tale of Two Fountains Made in Northampton’ to tell the people of Northampton the story about how an identical cast-iron fountain was restored by the Mumbai civic body

BMC Heritage Cell decided to restore the structure and in May 2021, the restored fountain was placed at the Metro Junction again. (Sanjay Adhav, Heritage Cell)

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Updated on Jan 16, 2022 11:55 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC makes it mandatory for buyers of Covid-19 self-testing kits to share reports with BMC & ICMR

At present, seven self-test kits have been approved by the ICMR, including Coviself by Mylab, Covifind by Meril Diagnostics, and Panbio by Abott amongst others

On Friday, the BMC said that the local BMC ward war room will verify the test results of each and every buyer of self-testing kits by contacting them (Vijay Bate)

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Published on Jan 15, 2022 12:21 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Poisar River rejuvenation plan finally set to see the light of day

After a long hiatus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is once again taking steps to start the rejuvenation of the Poisar River

The civic body has finalised the Poisar River rejuvenation plan and will table the proposal for approval in the civic standing committee scheduled to be held on Friday (Pratik Chorge/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 14, 2022 12:12 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Mumbai reports 13,702 fresh cases, test positivity rate dips marginally

Mumbai’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) dipped further on Thursday as the city recorded 13,702 fresh infections in the past 24 hours taking the total case tally to 969,989

The BMC conducted 63,031 tests on Wednesday and the TPR stood at 21.73% (Vijay Bate)

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Published on Jan 14, 2022 12:00 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Fewer tests lead to lower caseload, positivity rate down by one per cent

After recording around 20,000 Covid cases for four days in a row, Mumbai witnessed a fall on Monday at 13,648 due to the fewer tests conducted in the city

In the past 24 hours, 59,242 tests were conducted against an average of 70,000 tests earlier last week (Bhushan Koyande)

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Published on Jan 10, 2022 11:03 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC to start rolling out third precautionary doses from Jan 10

The third ‘precautionary’ dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be available to health and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities

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Published on Jan 08, 2022 11:40 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Covid numbers show marginal dip, experts think curve may be reaching a plateau

Mumbai’s Covid numbers showed a marginal dip on Saturday, even though the overall case tally stayed above the 20,000-mark for the second consecutive day

This was for the third consecutive day that nearly 70,000 Covid tests have been conducted (Vijay Bate)

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Updated on Jan 08, 2022 10:26 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

‘No need for lockdown’: Mumbai mayor Pednekar changes stand on Covid surge

On Friday, the Mumbai mayor said that a weekend-lockdown could be imposed in the city and the guidelines would arrive by late Friday night. However, on Saturday she said that considering the present situation, there’s no chance of imposing fresh lockdown like restrictions in city.

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar has been warning the city that the administration may impose a lockdown if the number of daily cases exceed 20,000. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Jan 08, 2022 04:17 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Mumbai crosses 20k-mark, experts say tally inching towards peak of spike

Taking into consideration the spike, experts said that the Mumbai tally could be inching towards its peak and the Covid graph may have reached a saturation point owing to the high number of tests

With 72,442 tests done in Mumbai in the last 24 hours, the positivity rate stood at 28.94 per cent (Satish Bate)

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Published on Jan 07, 2022 10:31 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

All passengers allowed to disembark Cordelia after two days

Two days after Cordelia cruise ship anchored at Mumbai, 1,820 passengers and crew members, including 132 Covid positive were allowed to disembark and go home

All the positive patients except seven were asymptomatic and didn’t have any serious co-morbidity so they were allowed home isolation (Vijay Bate)

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Published on Jan 06, 2022 10:00 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Cordelia cruise: 139 more Covid positive

Another 139 passengers of the Cordelia cruise ship, currently docked in Mumbai, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reported

Another 139 passengers of the Cordelia cruise ship, currently docked in Mumbai, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 06, 2022 06:20 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

Another 139 people on board Cordelia ship contract Covid-19

Another 139 passengers on board the Cordelia cruise ship that returned to Goa from Mumbai tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of cases to 205, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday

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Published on Jan 06, 2022 12:03 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya, Mumbai

Highest single-day spike in city at 15,014

Mumbai recorded its highest-ever single-day spike as the daily case tally breached the 15,000-mark on Wednesday

The city recorded 15,014 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, making it the highest single-day count (Vijay Bate)

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Published on Jan 05, 2022 09:36 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Covid on cruise: 41 infected moved out of Cordelia ship, now in quarantine

Cordelia’s luxury cruise ship returned to Mumbai after it was sent back from Goa as Covid-infected passengers refused to get admitted to a facility in Goa

A tourist bus arrives at the International Cruise Terminal to pick up the passengers from the Covid-hit Cordelia cruise ship. (PTI)

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Updated on Jan 05, 2022 02:30 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

How cruise liner’s New Year dream turned into a Covid nightmare

Five days after it set off, the dream has turned to nightmare, the voyage has been truncated, and the ship has been sent back to Mumbai from Goa, after 66 people, including six crew members tested positive for Covid-19.

The cruise offers on board a casino, children’s activities, pool, dining and entertainment shows.

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Updated on Jan 05, 2022 04:28 AM IST

ByGerard de Souza and Pratip Acharya, Hindustan Times, Panaji/mumbai

Teen spirit: 176,552 jabbed across Maharashtra

Mumbai: Relief and cheer writ large on the faces of teenagers who filed in to receive their first Covid dose, as the state rolled out the national vaccination drive for youngsters between 15 to 18 years on Monday

Navi Mumbai, India - January 03, 2022: Students of ICLES' Motilal Jhunjhunwala College flash a victory sign after getting inoculated against COVID-19 during a special vaccination drive for teenagers in the 15-18 age group in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 03, 2022. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO) (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 04, 2022 12:28 AM IST

ByJyoti Shelar and Pratip Acharya

150-year old Horniman garden to get a face-lift

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken up restoration of the Grade-1 heritage structure located in the heart of Mumbai’s Fort area

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Published on Jan 02, 2022 04:28 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

Cost of coastal road project to escalate

The ongoing construction work for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), stalled for two months near Cleveland Bunder at Worli due to an ongoing protest by fisher community will raise the cost of the project to a tune of ₹30 crore, civic officials said

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Updated on Jan 02, 2022 12:07 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC readies nine jumbo centres to inoculate teens, active cases cross 22k-mark

To inoculate the most number of teenagers between the age of 15-18 years, the BMC has decided to set up dedicated vaccination centres in nine of its jumbo centres in Mumbai

Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 6,180 cases taking the tally to 790,639 (Anshuman Poyrekar)

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Published on Jan 01, 2022 10:10 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya and Mehul R Thakkar

BMC fined 7,500 for flouting Covid norms on New Year’s eve

With the steady rise in Covid cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant, which could be a possible third wave, the BMC had banned all public gatherings in the city

However, on Saturday, BMC officials said that total 7,544 Covid norm violators were fined on Friday across Mumbai (Anshuman Poyrekar)

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Published on Jan 01, 2022 08:53 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC to take up construction of Dahisar-Bhayander Link road from MMRDA after a 5-year hiatus

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to take up the construction of the much anticipated Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road from next year, after a five year long hiatus.

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Published on Dec 31, 2021 12:35 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC completes 2km of tunnel boring for coastal road project

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday said that it has completed 2km of tunnel boring for its ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) on December 29

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Published on Dec 31, 2021 12:27 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC to re-evaluate decision on curbs in January

With Mumbai recording a steady rise in Covid cases for the past one week, the BMC said that during the first week of January, it will re-evaluate the curbs implemented ahead of the Christmas weekend.

In the wake of the recent spike in cases in Mumbai and with the increasing number of patients infected with the Omicron variant, the BMC had announced new curbs on December 24. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 28, 2021 08:13 PM IST

ByPratip Acharya

BMC to deploy more marshals

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to increase its deployment of marshals across all 24 administrative wards in the city from the current 700 to an unspecified number to control crowds as well as monitor mask violations in public places

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Published on Dec 28, 2021 12:55 AM IST

ByPratip Acharya

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Mumbai’s positivity rate dipped further on Thursday as the city recorded 5,708 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 10,22,789 and 12 deaths taking the toll to 16,500

Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner and in-charge of public health in the BMC said that junior colleges that have a significant proportion of students between 15-18 years will also have to arrange their own camps

Mumbai’s positivity rate remained the same on Tuesday as the city reported 6,149 fresh infections in the last 24 hours taking the total case tally to 1,011,314 and seven deaths, taking the toll to 16,476

The Mahul plant has been built over an area of over 850 square meters and is equipped to fill 1,500 jumbo cylinders per day

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will send revised electoral ward boundaries for all 236 wards in the limits of Greater Mumbai to the state election commissioner for approval on Tuesday

BMC election 2022: The increase in the number of BMC wards to 236 comes after 20 years. The number of seats was last changd in 2001 when the number of BMC seats in Mumbai rose from 221 to the existing 227 seats

Arun Kotnis and his wife Jyotsna (who uses Jona as her pen-name) has written a book, ‘The Tale of Two Fountains Made in Northampton’ to tell the people of Northampton the story about how an identical cast-iron fountain was restored by the Mumbai civic body

At present, seven self-test kits have been approved by the ICMR, including Coviself by Mylab, Covifind by Meril Diagnostics, and Panbio by Abott amongst others

After a long hiatus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is once again taking steps to start the rejuvenation of the Poisar River

Mumbai’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) dipped further on Thursday as the city recorded 13,702 fresh infections in the past 24 hours taking the total case tally to 969,989

After recording around 20,000 Covid cases for four days in a row, Mumbai witnessed a fall on Monday at 13,648 due to the fewer tests conducted in the city

The third ‘precautionary’ dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be available to health and frontline workers and citizens above 60 years of age with comorbidities

Mumbai’s Covid numbers showed a marginal dip on Saturday, even though the overall case tally stayed above the 20,000-mark for the second consecutive day

On Friday, the Mumbai mayor said that a weekend-lockdown could be imposed in the city and the guidelines would arrive by late Friday night. However, on Saturday she said that considering the present situation, there’s no chance of imposing fresh lockdown like restrictions in city.

Taking into consideration the spike, experts said that the Mumbai tally could be inching towards its peak and the Covid graph may have reached a saturation point owing to the high number of tests

Two days after Cordelia cruise ship anchored at Mumbai, 1,820 passengers and crew members, including 132 Covid positive were allowed to disembark and go home

Another 139 passengers of the Cordelia cruise ship, currently docked in Mumbai, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reported

Another 139 passengers on board the Cordelia cruise ship that returned to Goa from Mumbai tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of cases to 205, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday

Mumbai recorded its highest-ever single-day spike as the daily case tally breached the 15,000-mark on Wednesday

Cordelia’s luxury cruise ship returned to Mumbai after it was sent back from Goa as Covid-infected passengers refused to get admitted to a facility in Goa

Five days after it set off, the dream has turned to nightmare, the voyage has been truncated, and the ship has been sent back to Mumbai from Goa, after 66 people, including six crew members tested positive for Covid-19.

Mumbai: Relief and cheer writ large on the faces of teenagers who filed in to receive their first Covid dose, as the state rolled out the national vaccination drive for youngsters between 15 to 18 years on Monday

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken up restoration of the Grade-1 heritage structure located in the heart of Mumbai’s Fort area

The ongoing construction work for the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), stalled for two months near Cleveland Bunder at Worli due to an ongoing protest by fisher community will raise the cost of the project to a tune of ₹30 crore, civic officials said

To inoculate the most number of teenagers between the age of 15-18 years, the BMC has decided to set up dedicated vaccination centres in nine of its jumbo centres in Mumbai

With the steady rise in Covid cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant, which could be a possible third wave, the BMC had banned all public gatherings in the city

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to take up the construction of the much anticipated Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road from next year, after a five year long hiatus.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday said that it has completed 2km of tunnel boring for its ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) on December 29

With Mumbai recording a steady rise in Covid cases for the past one week, the BMC said that during the first week of January, it will re-evaluate the curbs implemented ahead of the Christmas weekend.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to increase its deployment of marshals across all 24 administrative wards in the city from the current 700 to an unspecified number to control crowds as well as monitor mask violations in public places

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