Mumbai on Tuesday reported 1,242 new coronavirus infections, almost double since Monday, the Brihanmumbai Mumbai Corporation (BMC) said, adding no pandemic-related death was logged in the last 24 hours. On Monday, the city had logged 676 cases. Tuesday’s infection count was the highest since January 29, when the city had reported 1,411 new cases and 11 fatalities.
With fresh cases, Mumbai’s tally of Covid-19 cases – registered since the start of the pandemic – reached 10,71,776, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,569.
For the first time since March-end, the civic body has increased daily Covid-19 tests to more than 15,000. This came after municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal last week directed officials to increase testing. According to the bulletin, a total of 17,145 tests have been conducted since Monday evening.
With a significant increase in daily tests, the positivity rate (cases found per 100 tests) in the city dipped to 0.072 per cent from 0.098 per cent on Monday. The number of active Covid-19 cases rose to 5,974. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients was 98 per cent, as 506 patients recovered since Monday evening.
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Kolkata witnesses zero shadow moment
Explaining the phenomenon, astrophysicist Debiprosad Duari said, “People and any object, all around the world, staying between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn lose their shadows, though momentarily, twice a year. These two moments are called zero shadow moments. ” This happens when the sun is exactly overhead.
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‘Happens at rallies too’: TMC MP amid crowd mismanagement claims at KK’s concert
Bengali actor-turned TMC MP Dev’s statement comes after Kolkata Police chief Vineet Goyal said on Friday that there was no situation at KK’s concert where attendees were short of space. He, however, added that police are introducing measures to prevent overcrowding and to provide emergency medical aid if there is any need for the same. Goyal also said that at no point was KK mobbed, with a police arrangement under an assistant commissioner in place long begore the singer’s arrival at Nazrul Mancha.
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Mumbai: Man gets death penalty for sexually assaulting and killing minor in 2019
While delivering the verdict, the special POCSO court said that the accused could not be allowed to stay in society because, once released, he may repeat the same offence. The court also refused to grant the accused leniency, declaring out that such a man who abused minor girls one after another did not deserve the same.