Lockdown will be clamped in Mumbai if daily Covid-19 cases cross 20,000 mark, says Mayor Kishori Pednekar

Bandstand wore a deserted look on New Year`s Eve after authorities imposed prohibitory orders. Pic/Satej Shinde

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said that if the daily Covid-19 cases cross the 20,000 mark, then the lockdown will be imposed in the city."We will have to impose lockdown in Mumbai if daily Covid-19 cases cross the 20,000-mark," said Pednekar.

She further said that all the schools in the city have been closed due to spike in Covid-19 cases and students are taking online classes.

"Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has himself cancelled the programmes of Shiv Sena. This effort is going on so that the lives of our citizens should not be in danger," said Pednekar.

She further urged people to follow all the Covid-appropriate rules.

"People should not crowd and should follow the rules. No one wants lockdown but for that, people should follow the rules," added Mumbai Mayor.

The mayor also appealed to people to hold marriage functions as per the rules, and ensure such events do not prove to be COVID-19 super-spreaders.

She said currently, only six Omicron patients are admitted in Mumbai hospitals and all other persons infected by the new COVID-19 variant have been discharged.

Dr Daksha Shah, deputy executive health officer of BMC told mid-day.com that authorities have not decided anything on lockdown yet. "I think, a lockdown does not make sense, but the decision will be made by experts," she added

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued fresh guidelines for sealing off the buildings in Mumbai wherein the whole building or a wing shall be sealed if more than 20 per cent of the occupied number of flats in the building or wing has Covid-19 patients.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 12,160 fresh Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Monday. As per the health bulletin, the active cases in the state stand at 52,422. The case fatality rate is 2.1 per cent.

(With inputs from ANI and Ankita Mishra)