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Covid-19 curbs could ease in Mumbai as case positivity rate falls below 5%

City can now get classified in level 2 as per Maharashtra govt's unlock rules; malls, cinemas may be allowed to run at 50% capacity

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People wait in a queue for a bus after unlocking of Covid lockdown began, outside Dadar station in Mumbai (Photo: PTI)

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
Covid-19 case positivity rate in Mumbai declined below 5 per cent this week in a development that could pave the way for further relaxation in curbs.

Last week the Maharashtra government issued unlock regulations based on weekly case positivity rate and occupancy of oxygenated beds. Districts have been classified in five levels on the basis of these two parameters.

Mumbai's case positivity rate declined to 4.40 per cent from 5.5 per cent in the previous week and thus the city can get classified in level 2 as per the regulations. Occupancy of oxygenated beds too has reduced to 27 per cent this

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