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Huge rise in daily Covid cases: Mumbai 70%, Delhi 50% – 10 points – India Times English News

December 29, 2021
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Mumbai recorded 809 new cases and three deaths on Tuesday.

Highlight

  • The financial capital reported 1,377 COVID-19 cases
  • 496 Kovid cases registered in the national capital
  • One death each was recorded in the cities

New Delhi:
In Mumbai and Delhi, Kovid ran with a jump of 70 percent and 50 percent in a span of 24 hours on Wednesday. The financial capital reported 1,377 cases, 496 in the national capital. One death each was recorded in the cities.

Here are the top 10 points of this big story:

  1. Mumbai’s big jump comes after a slight drop in numbers. On Tuesday, the city reported 809 new cases – 113 fewer than Sunday – and three deaths.

  2. Mumbai has had a very high spike rate, registering an 188 per cent rise in cases in the three weeks starting December 8.

  3. In Delhi, a jump of 50 per cent came hours after the city imposed strict restrictions under a “yellow alert”.

  4. This was the biggest one-day spike in Delhi after June 2. The positivity rate is 0.89 per cent – the highest since May 31.

  5. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “We get disheartened when we see crowds in markets and malls. If this continues, we will have to shut down the market.” I know you are tired of all the restrictions, but this important and there is nothing we can do about it,” he said.

  6. Under the new restrictions, schools, colleges and educational institutions, cinema halls and gyms will remain closed and malls and shops will open on odd-even basis within a few hours.

  7. Delhi Metro will run with 50% seating capacity. Night curfew has started from 10 pm to 5 am.

  8. Meanwhile, Maharashtra recorded 2,172 new Covid cases and 22 deaths. The mortality rate in the state is 2.12 percent. No cases of Omicron were reported on Wednesday. As of December 27, a total of 167 cases of Omicron had been detected in the state.

  9. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that a fresh lockdown will be imposed in the state only when the demand for medical oxygen reaches 800 metric tonnes per day.

  10. Recently, the state government banned the gathering of more than five people in public places between 9 pm and 6 am and restricted the permission of people at public events.