Five more persons died of coronavirus in Mumbai on Friday taking the death toll to 121. 239 others also tested positive, even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started seven Corona Care centres-level-II.
With 239 fresh infected cases, the total number of infected cases rose to 2120.
Of the deceased, four were men and one was a woman. All those death were in the age group of 40 years and 61 years.
With the fresh deaths, the total number of deaths in the metropolis has risen to a staggering 121.
Meanwhile, the BMC set up seven Corona Care centres-level-II with a total capacity of 519 beds. As many as 373 Covid-19 positive bv asymptomatic patients have been isolated till today.
As part of efforts to deal with high risk contact and low-risk contacts of Covid-19 positive patients, as many as 57700 have been home quarantined, while 11368 individuals have completed 14 days of home quarantine till April 16.
The BMC has detected 1158 case through contact tracing, containment measures and fever clinics.
“We have so far sanitised 38990 premises – government, semi government, BMC, Home quarantine premises and Covid-19 infected patients’ premises,” a BMC spokesperson said.