Mumbai's handling of the pandemic has earned accolades from several quarters, including from India's Supreme Court, which suggested that New Delhi emulate Mumbai civic body’s response to COVI19. In the second wave of the pandemic, which in Mumbai started on February 10 and showed up on its dashboard on Feb 11th, registered a mortality rate of 0.4% (until April 30). BMC Commissioner Iqbal Chahal claims that this could be one of the lowest mortality rates in any city in the world. Mumbai has registered 14,574 deaths till May 22, 2021 since the onset of the COVID19 last year. COVID19 fatalities…
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