The bench then asked if the civic body was saying that the situation in Mumbai was totally under control? To which, the senior counsel replied in the affirmative. "Yes, everything is in control now. Cases are coming down. The number of positive cases had peaked to 20,000 around January 6 to January 9. But on January 15, the cases had come down to 10,000 and for the last three days, they have come down to 7,000," Sakhre said. The civic body made the submissions while the court was hearing public interest litigation on several issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the management of the state's resources for controlling the same.

The petitioner's counsel Atharva Dandekar told the court that while the BMC seemed to have risen to the occasion and was doing a fine job at managing the infections in the city, the state government must also submit details of positive cases, resources available etc. for the entire state. The bench agreed with Dandekar's submission and directed that the state must submit these details by January 25.

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The High Court also directed the civic body to update its note and submit the same by January 25. The PIL will be further heard on January 27.

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