City Likely To Cross 2nd Wave's Peak Of 11,206 Daily Cases Today

The state reported 18,466 cases on Tuesday and 20 deaths, while Mumbai added 10,606 cases, a little short of the 11,206 daily cases it had seen during the peak of the second wave in April 2021, and two deaths. Fresh cases in the state have doubled from 9,000 to 18,000 in three days.

- Bhavika Jain & Sumitra Deb Roy

Mumbai, in all probability, will cross its second wave peak detection of 11,206 cases in the next 24 hours. Since the day the second wave surge had started, it had taken the city almost 50 days to reach the 11,000 mark. In the third wave, the level is likely to be breached in about 15 days.

Senior officials said the state may impose curbs on restaurant and mall timings, on places of worship and on attendance in government and private offices. The government is mulling allowing restaurants and malls to stay open only till 8pm and shutting down places of worship as there is no implementation of crowd control measures in these areas. “We will take a complete review. The Central government has also reduced attendance in its offices to 50%. All these measures will be discussed and sent to the CM for finalising,” Ajit Pawar said in Pune.