Mumbai Covid-19 cases might cross 2,000 today: Aaditya Thackeray

Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray. File Pic

Mumbai coronavirus cases might cross 2,000 on Wednesday, said Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray.

As per a report in NDTV, when asked if it was the beginning of the third wave of Covid-19, Aaditya said it is for the doctors and scientists to decide.

Earlier in the day he held a meeting with civic and health officials to chart out a course to fight the pandemic

The city is planning to increase hospital infrastructure and arrange for medication and oxygen, along with it, there will be a big focus on vaccination, for both adults and children, said Aaditya in the meeting with BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar and other health officials.

In a series of tweets, Aaditya outlined the key areas of the plan, which he said includes "the proposed vaccination for ages 15-18 that we want to carry out in early January".

"Over the next 48 hours, will be connecting with all educational institutions in the city to plan an organised vaccination drive for all those from 15 to 18 years of age," he said in another tweet.

The jumbo Covid care centres have been asked to be on stand-by, "at all readiness levels, along with basic facilities to medical infrastructure," he tweeted.

"Testing and tracing protocols for all that have been operational all through, were reviewed too," he added.

Discussions were also held in the meeting on Covid-appropriate behaviour guidelines and public place event issues, "especially with the New Year being around the corner," he said in another tweet.

"I urge all not to panic but exercise extreme caution," he tweeted.

Mumbai logged 1,377 Covid cases over a 24-hour period yesterday, up from 809 cases.

The spike rate has been very high in the city, with cases registering a 188 per cent high in three weeks starting December 8.