Despite the Coronavirus situation being in control in Mumbai, the BMC will keep a few of its jumbo COVID centres operational even after December. Of the nine facilities that had been set up to handle the surge of patients, the ones at Malad, BKC and Kanjurmarg will be kept as standby and the future of others will be decided on the basis of structure stability and COVID situation.  

Amid the second wave, the BMC had increased the beds at the jumbo centres from 7,500 to 15,000 by adding three new centres and upgrading the old ones. To the relief of citizens and civic officials, the COVID numbers haven’t gone up after Diwali. Of the over 10,000 ready beds, barely 100 are occupied at present.