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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court (HC) that the pandemic was under control in the city and therefore, there was no need to panic.

The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Makarand Karnik was hearing the PIL filed by Sneha Marjadi.

The senior advocate Anil Sakhare appearing for the BMC told the bench that following the January 10 direction of the court to update it on the Covid preparedness, a report had been prepared on the number of Covid positive cases in the city.

According to the news report, number of Covid-19 positive cases dipped to 7,000 on Tuesday from 20,000 ten days ago in the city.

The petitioner had filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) during the second wave of Covid wherein she had alleged improper management of Covid-19 treatment in Maharashtra.

The bench was informed by the Senior Advocate Sakhare that, “as on January 15, out of total 84, 352 active Covid-19 cases, 7 percent patients were admitted in hospital, 3 % were on oxygen beds, 1 % in ICU and 0.7 % of them on ventilators.“

He further added that BMC was taking appropriate steps to contain the third wave of pandemic and to attend to patients who tested positive.

On the issue pertaining to situation as prevailing in Mumbai and adjoining regions, he stated that it was under control of BMC and there was no reason to panic.

Taking into consideration the submissions made by the advocate, the Bench directed the government pleader to prepare a note similar to the one prepared by the BMC about the situation across the state and submit it by January 25.

The matter will be heard next on January 27.

[Case Title – Sneha NIrav Marjadi v. State of Maharashtra]