Mumbai to be unlocked by the end of February: Mayor

Mumbai's Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said that all restrictions in the city will be lifted and Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of February, news agency ANI reported.

Pednekar said that even though restrictions will be lifted, it will be essential for the people to wear masks and observe social distancing.

"There is good news for Mumbaikars. Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of this month", said the mayor.



Mumbai on Monday recorded 356 new COVID-19 cases- the lowest daily rise after December 21, 2021- and five fatalities, the city civic body said.

The tally of infections now stands at 10,50,194 and the COVID-19 death toll at 16,654, as per a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin.

Around 88 per cent or 313 cases out of the 356 are asymptomatic, it said.

The case positivity rate of Mumbai has come down to 1.19 per cent.

On December 21 last year, when the third wave of the pandemic began according to a senior official, Mumbai had reported 321 cases and one fatality due to the infection.

A day before Mumbai had reported 536 COVID-19 cases and three deaths due to the infection.

With 949 patients being discharged during the day, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in Mumbai rose to 1,027,093 as of Monday, leaving the city with 5,139 active cases. Mumbai's case recovery rate now stands at 98 per cent, the bulletin said.

With 29,863 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, nearly 8,000 less than Saturday, the total number of samples tested so far in Mumbai went up to 1,55,79,281.

(With agency inputs)