2nd dose to 30-40%, population, COVID threat can be reduced," Dr Dere said. Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 540 new coronavirus cases and 13 fatalities on Thursday.
The city's cumulative Covid infection cases have surged to 7,26,824 and the death toll to 15,586, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement.
As compared to Wednesday’s figures, the city witnessed a marginal drop in Covid-19 cases, while the daily death count increased by four.
There were 664 cases and nine fatalities on Wednesday, the civic officials said. A total of 628 patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours, which took the city’s overall recovery count to 7,01,195.