As per reports, Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is to set up 48 distribution centres across the city in order to administer the vaccine for the coronavirus to a population over 1.24 crores once it is available.
According to civic officials, there will be two to three vaccination centres in each of the 24 administrative wards of the city. However, the plan for the final distribution will be decided after the Centre lays guidelines for the same. In addition, the number of distribution centres will also go up once private institutions are also permitted for vaccine distribution, as per the BMC officials. Also, 125,000 identified frontline workers will be administered the COVID-19 vaccine followed by senior citizens and those with comorbidities.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Thursday, December 10, reported 3,824 fresh cases of the coronavirus taking the COVID-19 tally in the state to 18,68,172. Currently, there are 71,910 active cases in the state. With 5008 COVID-19 patients discharged in the day, the number of recovered soared to 17,47,199. On the other hand, Mumbai continues to be a major hotspot with 798 fresh cases recorded in the day.
Moreover, a total of 47,972 individuals in the state have died owing to the pandemic. So far, 1,15,02,427 samples have been tested for the novel coronavirus in labs operational across the state. While 5,41,059 persons are under home quarantine, 5,137 others have been admitted to institutional quarantine centres. The COVID-19 positivity rate, recovery rate, and fatality rate in Maharashtra stand at 16.24 per cent, 93.52 per cent, and 2.57 per cent respectively.
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