For the first time in three months, the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) reported just 52 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The local administration has attributed this to aggressive testing, strict isolation and awareness drives.

Being one of the most populated areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the civic body's daily count of cases, which is 150-180, even peaked to 250 to 300 in July after Mission Begin Again started in June.