Mumbai lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*Update at 10.30pm: The man from Dharavi who tested positive for Covid-19, died during treatment. Meanwhile, the entire building where the patient lived, has has been marked as a containment zone.Entry and exit to residents are restricted, said civic officials.
Update at 9.55pm: A 56-year-old man from Dharavi area tested positive for coronavirus infection on Wednesday. The patient had complained of fever on March 23 and had visited a local doctor for check-up.
Update at 9.30pm: With six deaths during the day, five of them in Mumbai, coronavirus toll in Maharashtra rises to 16
Update at 9.15pm: 86 persons from Koliwada locality in Worli area of Mumbai shifted to quarantine at Paddar hospital, says BMC
Update at 8.25pm: One Covid-19 positive case has been found in Shahu Nagar, Dharavi. A BMC team is at the spot. Police are planning to seal the building where the person has been found.
Update at 7.10pm: BEST and MSRTC unions have demanded Rs 50 lakh medical cover for drivers and conductors who are risking lives to ferry essentials workers.
Update at 6.45pm: BEST has made special provision for providing information and bus related assistance to the commuters involved in emergency services. Assistance/information can be received on 1800227550, 24146533, 24246898.
Update at 5.55pm: The Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) on Wednesday pledged support towards India’s fight against Covid-19. It has pledged Rs 2 crore to help the community in every possible aspect.
Update at 5pm: Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai has been shut down after a nurse and a patient tested positive for coronavirus infection
Update at 4pm: Nurses of civic-run hospital demand protective gear
*As many as 18 nurses and medical staff from civic-run Balasaheb Thackeray Hospital in Jogeshwari on Wednesday staged a protest demanding protective gear to attend to COVID-19 patients admitted at the facility.
*The protesting medical staff from Balasaheb Thackeray Hospital signed a letter addressed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's medical officer.
*Update at 12.18pm: Price of LPG has been reduced by Rs 62 in Mumbai. It has come down from Rs 776.50 to Rs 714.50.
*Treatment for Covid-19 will be free in Maharashtra from today under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY)
*Update at 9.45am: Thane's Jambhli market relocated to Central Maidan



*Update at 8.31am: 18 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra; tally climbs to 320, reports PTI quoting health official
*ANI update at 8.24am: Heavy crowd seen at the vegetable market in Mumbai's Dadar


*To stem the increase in positive cases of Covid-19 in Mumbai, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has told BMC to deploy flying squads in all 227 wards to initiate a door-to-door survey to track sick people and treat them immediately.
*BMC starts ‘sealing’ hospitals if a patient turns out to be coronavirus positive
*Mobile app to track those in home quarantine in Thane
People from Thane who have been home-quarantined will be tracked through digital surveillance. For this, the Thane civic body has devised a system to keep tabs on the movement of such people and through a mobile application.
*Central Railway, Western Railway begin modifying 900 coaches into isolation units
*BMC to take over vacant buildings, hotels, halls for quarantine
Considering that asking suspected Covid-19 people to stay in home quarantine may not be possible if they live with big families or in small cramped homes, the BMC has authorised its assistant municipal commissioners to requisition empty residential buildings, lodges, hotels, clubs, exhibition centres, colleges, hotels, marriage halls, gymkhanas and banquet halls with immediate effect. These spaces will be used to house Covid-19 suspected people during the 14-day period, said officials.
*17,000 sweepers keep Mumbai clean, trash generation dips by 40%
*The LPG cylinder situation seemed to have improved in a few areas on Tuesday though people continued to stand in queues in some parts of Mumbai.