Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 27 (ANI): Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Monday informed that the total number of containment zones in the city is now 1036."There has been a significant drop in the number of containment zones in Mumbai," Pednekar said.The Mayor said that many zones are out of the list as they reported zero COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks."231 zones are out of the containment zone list after they didn't record a single COVID-19 positive patient for the last 14 days," she added.According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra is 8,068.Till now, 1,076 people have either been cured and discharged, while 342 deaths have been reported in the state. (ANI)

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