41% ICU beds, 33% ventilator beds allotted for Covid in Mumbai vacant as of Thurs
BMC has said there could be a spike in Covid-19 cases in December and January but Mumbai’s health infrastructure is equipped to handle it.
By Eshanpriya MS
PUBLISHED ON DEC 05, 2020 02:33 PM IST
About 67% of beds, 41% of the ICU beds, 67% of the oxygen beds, and 33% of the ventilator beds reserved for Covid-19 patients in Mumbai were vacant as of Thursday, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Mumbai had 13,754 active Covid-19 cases on Friday compared to 11,000 the previous week. BMC has said there could be a spike in Covid-19 cases in December and January but Mumbai’s health infrastructure is equipped to handle it.
Suresh Kakani, an additional municipal commissioner in-charge of BMC’s public health department, said they have sufficient beds to handle the spike. “Most symptomatic patients need oxygen beds... fewer need ICU beds and even fewer need ventilator beds. Hence 50% of Mumbai’s total bed capacity are oxygen beds.”
Around 72% of the active cases in Mumbai are asymptomatic, 21% are symptomatic, and 7% are critical, BMC said. Mumbai’s recovery rate is 92%.
Would like to be Maharashtra CM someday: State NCP chief and minister Jayant Patil
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:44 AM IST
Patil’s statement assumes significance as deputy CM and Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar is believed to be holding the second position in NCP after party chief
Go beyond party lines, meet PM on Maratha quota, Belgaum issue and GST dues: Maharashtra CM to state MPs
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:53 AM IST
Thackeray said that he has plans to form committees of MPs for better coordination between the state and the Centre
Wednesday’s active Covid-19 case count was Mumbai’s lowest in 7 months
By Eeshanpriya MS
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:30 AM IST
As per data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), none of the 24 administrative wards in the city has over 500 active cases
Tribal tehsil has higher Covid-19 positivity rate than Maharashtra
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:25 AM IST
The failure of the administration to monitor and trace the contacts is to blame for the spread of the virus in around 13-14 villages in the district, according to health department officials
Maharashtra goes past 2 million Covid-19 cases
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:19 AM IST
The state recorded 2,886 fresh cases, pushing the count to 2,000,878, as it took 132 days to go from 1 million to 2 million infections, quicker than the 187 days for the first million, breached on September 11
Mumbai man duped of ₹10 lakh by a social media friend
By Vijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:57 AM IST
Cuffe Parade police have booked an unknown person for duping a 60-year-old man of ₹10
Maharashtra announces HSC, SSC examination dates
By Ankita Bhatkhande, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:57 AM IST
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) will conduct the HSC (Class 12) examinations between April 23 and May 29, and the SSC (Class 10) examinations will be between April 29 and May 31.
Maharashtra farmers to march to Raj Bhavan on Monday, will be joined by Sharad Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray, Balasaheb Thorat
By Naresh Kamath, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:54 AM IST
Farmers’ outfits in the state will stage protests in Mumbai with a march to Raj Bhavan on Monday, to protest against the farm laws
NCB busts private drug lab in Mumbai, two arrested with drug haul, cash
By Manish K Pathak, Mumbai
UPDATED ON JAN 22, 2021 01:12 AM IST
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a drug laboratory at Dongri in south Mumbai and seized 12kg of mephedrone or MD, and arrested two more suspects including a disk jockey (DJ), based on revelations made by notorious drugs dealer Parvez Khan alias Chinku Pathan, a relative of former Mumbai don late Abdul Karim Sher Khan alias Karim Lala
Mumbai businessman held in GST fraud worth ₹314 crore
By Vijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:47 AM IST
The Central Goods and Services Tax (GST) department on Thursday arrested a businessman from Andheri in GST fraud to the tune of ₹314
Mumbai auto driver sentenced to life for kidnapping, sexually assaulting 5-year-old girl
By Charul Shah, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:45 AM IST
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court on Wednesday sentenced a 34-year-old autorickshaw driver to life imprisonment for abducting and sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl at Aarey Milk Colony in 2015
Bhandara hospital fire: 3 terminated from service, 3 suspended
By Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:42 AM IST
Maharashtra government has taken action against seven healthcare workers for negligence of duty in the Bhandara district hospital fire in which 10 newborns died on January 9
Mumbai actor booked for rape of stepmother, theft
By HT Correspondent, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:39 AM IST
Oshiwara police have booked a 40-year-old television actor for allegedly raping his 58-year-old stepmother and stealing cash and jewellery from her house which she shares with his 78-year-old father
New panel on Mumbai Metro a farce, Maharashtra govt creating false narrative on Aarey, says Fadnavis
By Tanushree Venkatraman, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:39 AM IST
In a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, former state chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis alleged on Thursday that the state government is being misled by a few officials on the issue of the car shed for Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz)
Do you know your corporator, citizens ask ahead of Mumbai civic body polls
By Tanushree Venkatraman, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:36 AM IST
Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Elections (BMC) elections in 2022, a group of alert Mumbaikars going by the name ‘Jaago Mumbaikar’ have initiated a survey to know if you know about your municipal wards and corporators