Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 0.3% of fully vaccinated population got infected with Covid-19, BMC data shows

Mumbai News Today, Coronavirus Cases in Mumbai, Mumbai Weather Forecast Live Updates: Meanwhile, Mumbai, on Wednesday, administered 1.84 lakh doses, the highest for the city in a single day.

Mumbai News Today Live, Mumbai Weather and Coronavirus Latest Live Updates: Out of 28.88 lakh fully vaccinated citizens in the city, only 9,018 got infected with Covid-19, according to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department. This means that only 0.3 per cent of the vaccinated population got a breakthrough infection, the civic body added. Breakthrough infection is referred to the phenomenon of the virus “breaking through a protective barrier provided by the vaccine.”

Mumbai, on Wednesday, administered 1.84 lakh doses, the highest for the city in a single day. As many as 13,1757 or 71 per cent of the total vaccines were administered at 322 civic and state-run vaccination centres. The remaining 52,532 vaccines were administered at private hospitals. With this, the number of fully vaccinated people in Mumbai now stands at 29,45,437. At least 75 per cent of the adult population (72,80,431) have received one dose of the vaccine.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee has demanded reopening of cinema theatres, auditoriums and multiplexes in Mumbai and the state. It has also demanded opening of swimming pools in Mumbai so that swimmers can practice ahead of championships.

Also, as per the district forecast and warning issued by IMD on Wednesday, Mumbai is likely to receive moderate rain till the end of this week. Increase in rainfall activity is likely over Thane and south Konkan – Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg – over the weekend. The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in south Konkan.

Mumbai latest news today Live Updates: With 1.84 lakh doses, Mumbai records highest single-day Covid-19 vaccination; Mumbai reports 530 new cases, 349 recoveries and 4 deaths; active cases 3,895; Mumbai likely to receive moderate rain till the end of this week. Follow latest news and updates here

Maharashtra on Wednesday surpassed its previous best tally of single-day vaccination by administering 14.39 lakh doses against Covid-19 to beneficiaries.

Mumbai, on Wednesday, administered 1.84 lakh doses, the highest for the city in a single day. As many as 13,1757 or 71 per cent of the total vaccines were administered at 322 civic and state-run vaccination centres. The remaining 52,532 vaccines were administered at private hospitals.

With this, the number of fully vaccinated people in Mumbai now stands at 29,45,437. At least 75 per cent of the adult population (72,80,431) have received one dose of the vaccine.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India on Wednesday signed a 300-million-dollar loan agreement as additional financing to scale up rural connectivity in Maharashtra.

The additional financing for the ongoing Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Improvement Project will help improve an additional 1,100 rural roads and 230 bridges for a total length of 2,900 km in 34 districts. The project, with $200 million financing, approved in August 2019 is already improving and maintaining 2,100 km of rural roads across Maharashtra.

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Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 530 new coronavirus positive cases, the highest since mid-July this year, and four deaths. With 48,521 tests conducted in a 24-hour-period, the daily positivity rate was 1.09 per cent. Since September 1, the city has been recording more than 400 cases daily, with the positivity rate hovering over 1 per cent. With this, the city’s infection count rose to 7,47,608 and death toll to 16,004.

Out of 28.88 lakh fully vaccinated citizens in the city, only 9,018 got infected with Covid-19, according to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department.

This means that only 0.3 per cent of the vaccinated population got a breakthrough infection, the civic body added. Breakthrough infection is referred to the phenomenon of the virus “breaking through a protective barrier provided by the vaccine.”

Of these breakthrough cases, 6,016 had completed 15 days after the second dose, while the rest 2,912 citizens caught the infection before the lapse of the two-week period.

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Mumbai: People use a piece of cloth to take cover from the rain, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates:

The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory recorded 78.7 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am Wednesday, while the Colaba observatory recorded 38 mm rain during the same period. High relative humidity at 92 per cent was recorded in the morning.

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Union Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines Raosaheb Danve on Wednesday held a review meeting with Western Railway (WR) General Manager Alok Kansal at the WR headquarters, where he discussed important ongoing rail projects and directed that the process of land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project be expedited. Officials said Danve mainly discussed the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project being undertaken by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) and the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project being executed by National High Speed Rail Corridor Limited (NHSRCL).

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