'No need of panic' said BMC commissioner

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said there was no need to panic as the covid-19 cases were on the rise in Mumbai and the situation was completely under control. Chahal said the civil body was preparing itself, expecting the number of corona virus cases to rise to 10,000 per day.

He added, BMC has decided to conduct more than 60,000 inspections per day in the coming weeks.BMC has completed 100000 vaccinations and aims to increase this to one lakh per day in the coming days. However, he acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Covid's government. 40,400 covid tests were conducted on March 23, of which 5,458 were positive and the positive rate was 13.5%.  Eighty-three percent were asymptomatic, and the total death toll was 10On March 24, BMC conducted 47,000 Covid tests, of which more than 5,000 were reported to be corona virus positive. 

The day also witnessed six deaths related to covid.The BMC commissioner said the Civil Body has decided to increase the availability of Covid beds in Mumbai from 13,773 to 21,000 in the next 15 days. "Given the adequate health infrastructure and very low mortality rate, there is no cause for panic or anxiety in the city. BMC is fully in control of the situation and is confident of controlling the epidemic in a timely manner," Chahal said