The team was led by Manoj Joshi, Additional Secretaryin the Ministry of Food Processing and Industries, aMaharashtra government official said.
Another five-member IMCT team led by Sanjay Malhotra,Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Power, is taking stockof the COVID-19 situation in Pune, which is among the worst-hit cities apart from Mumbai and Indore.
Civic-run Kasturba hospital in south Mumbai is a nodalfacility for the coronavirus positive patients from Mumbai.
Of the 4,666 coronavirus positive cases recorded up toApril 20 in Maharashtra, Mumbai alone accounted for 3032patients and Pune 594.
While Mumbai recorded 139 deaths up to April 20,Pune's tally is 51.
On Monday, the Union government assessed as"especially serious" the COVID-19 situation in Mumbai, Pune,Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal,and warned that violation of lockdown measures risks thespread of the novel coronavirus further.
The Union Home Ministry had announced that six inter-ministerial central teams will visit these identified areas inMaharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan withinthe next three days to make on-the-spot assessment andrecommend remedial measures in a report to the Centre. MRNSK NSK