BMC Polls: Elections Will Be Held Next Year If COVID Situation Is Under Control, Says Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar

Mumbai: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar gave a statement on the BMC election on Tuesday. Addressing the media, Pednekar said that BMC elections will be held in January-February next year if the situation of COVID19 remains under control.

However, she also mentioned that if the cases don’t decline, the polls will be postponed.

Pednekar also gave information about the vaccination campaign in the state. When asked about the BMC allowing vaccination for students going abroad and increasing the spacing of the second dose, Pednekar said, “Vaccination works as per the Centre’s guidelines. Our CM will find a solution by talking to the departments concerned.”

Maharashtra reported 15,077 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the lowest since March 15, taking the caseload to 57,46,892, while the toll to 95,344 with 184 more deaths, the state health department said. done. On March 15, the state reported 15,051 cases as it headed towards a devastating second COVID-19 wave.

The daily count was also a sharp drop from the 18,600 infections recorded on Sunday. The people who have recovered so far have passed the new infections.

A health department statement said 33,000 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the number of cured cases to 53,95,370. The state now has 2,53,367 active cases.

The COVID-19 recovery rate is 93.88 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.66 per cent, the department said. The statement said 1,93,446 more people were tested for coronavirus in Maharashtra, taking the number of samples examined so far to 3,50,55,054

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