Unlock 3.0 in Mumbai: Coronavirus cases update and latest news from your city

As part of Unlock 3.0, the state government has allowed opening of malls, shopping complexes and market places in non-containment zones from August 5. However, due to high number of Covid cases in Kalyan-Dombivli, Thane and Mira-Bhayander, their municipal bodies have decided to keep the shutters down. Stay with us for latest updates.
*To reduce the Covid mortality rate in Mumbai, the BMC has asked its officials not to allow home isolation for asymptomatic Covid-positive patients with a co-morbidity or those who are above age 60.
*Middle-aged persons and senior citizens constitute 94% of Mumbai’s Covid-19 deaths, while children and those in the 20-39 years age group make up for the remaining 6%. The findings are based on an analysis by the BMC of the city’s Covid-19 data up to August 6.
*ANI update at 1.15pm: Active cases have reduced & currently comprise only 28.66% of the total positive cases. India has posted more than 9 lakh recoveries than the active cases (6,34,945).
*ANI update at 1.1pm: Case Fatality Rate is 2% as on date and is steadily declining: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
*In Thane, 202 fresh Covid cases were reported, taking the tally here to 21,172 and three new deaths took the toll to 676 till date. Nearly 36% of all cases found in Thane on Saturday were from the plush Majiwada-Manpada ward area.
*MMR region reported 2,183 cases and 64 deaths; total cases in MMR were 1,43,486 and 3942 deaths.
*Kalyan-Dombivli had 297 new patients, taking total here to 22,452. The twin cities also reported nine deaths, taking the toll to 440. On Sunday 305 patients also got discharged, taking discharges to 17,345 and remaining active cases to 4,667.
*Update at 10.18am: 62,064 new Covid-19 cases in India take tally to 22,15,074; toll rises to 44,386 with 1,007 more deaths, reports PTI quoting health ministry
*ANI update at 9.45am: The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to 9th August is 2,45,83,558 including 4,77,023 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
*Update at 8.32am: India's Covid-19 recoveries cross 15-lakh mark. Infection still remains concentrated in 10 states that contribute more than 80% of the new cases, reports ANI quoting ministry of health & family welfare
*Maharashtra on Sunday reported 390 deaths, its highest so far in five months of the pandemic, while for the second day in a row, Maharashtra added over 12,000 Covid-19 cases.
*The cumulative death toll of Maharashtra stood at 17,757 on Sunday. With the addition of 12,248 cases, the overall Covid-19 tally jumped to 5,15,332. The highest daily addition was reported on Saturday with 12,822 cases.
*Mumbai's contribution was 1,066 cases and it accounted for 12.3% of deaths reported on Sunday.
*Total cases in Mumbai are now 1,23,382; with 48 fatalities on Sunday, overall toll rose to 6,799. And active cases in Mumbai are at 19,700.
*In a silver lining though, Maharashtra reported more discharges than daily additions- a record 13,348 people were discharged on Sunday, taking total discharges to 3,51,710, crossing the 3.5 lakh mark. The state's rate of recovery was 68.2%.