Newborn tests positive for COVID-19 in Navi Mumbai
At least 47 new cases were reported in Navi Mumbai onTuesday, taking the count in the region to 395, the officialsaid.
A pregnant woman, who was being treated at a COVID-19hospital, delivered a baby girl, whose reports have also comeout positive, he said.
The positive cases include several workers and vendorsfrom the APMC market in Vashi, he added.
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesdaydecided to provide accommodation to its employees, who travelto work from other areas.
Civic personnel travelling from their homes in Mumbai,Thane, Kalyan, Ambernath, Badlapur, among other places will beprovided accommodation in Navi Mumbai itself, an officialsaid.
In a related development, nine persons, includingfour policemen, tested positive for COVID-19 in Kalyan onWednesday, public relations officer of the Kalyan-DombivliMunicipal Corporation Madhuri Phopale said.
The region has so far reported 233 cases, includingthree deaths, she said.
Meanwhile, the Thane city unit of the BJP has set upCOVID-19 testing booths at three main junctions called 'KamalKavach'.
Tests will be conducted at a subsidised rate of Rs3,000 as against Rs 4,500 being charged in other parts of thecity, Thane unit president and MLC Niranjan Davkhare said. CORARU ARU