Mumbai News Highlights: Mumbai reports 7,895 Covid cases, 11 deaths

In other news, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched a Whatsapp chatbot on Sunday to help citizens get information about their nearest health services. It is India’s first city administration chatbot and is offering citizen services in English and Marathi.

Mumbai on Saturday reported 10,661 new Covid-19 cases with 11 deaths, the highest single-day toll in six months. The city on July 29, 2021, had reported 13 deaths and the mortality figure had started declining after that.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Saturday logged 42,462 new coronavirus cases — a slight decline from Friday’s tally of 43,211 — and 23 deaths.

Meanwhile, the strike-hit Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation on Friday said around 26,500 employees have rejoined duty and bus operations had resumed partially from 215 depots. Since October 28, a vast majority of the 92,000-odd MSRTC staffers are on strike demanding that the undertaking be merged with the state government, and the stir intensified on November 9 after bus operations got paralyzed in almost all depots.