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No second coronavirus wave in Mumbai, assures municipal commissioner
MUMBAI : There is "no second wave" of COVID-19 in Mumbai and the infections are rising due to increased testing, Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Thursday.He also said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was in discussion with gyms and restaurant owners, and looking to allow them to reopen with one-third patrons.The city reported 2,163 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday with 54 fresh fatalities."I would like to reassure that there is absolutely no second wave at all," Chahal asserted at an event organized by industry lobby CII.Mumbai is now witnessing over 15,000 tests a day against the earlier 7,000, he said.The civic body took a conscious call of more than doubling the testing and go for a "stimulated spike" from