'Delighted, world's second largest data centre inaugurated in Mumbai': Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that the second-largest data centre of the world has been inaugurated in Mumbai. The world-class infrastructure for the data centre has been developed by the Hiranandani Group, he added. Prasad asserted that India holds great potential to become a vibrant data economy and a good centre for the data centre in the world.

"Delighted that the second-largest data centre of the world was inaugurated in Mumbai today. This world-class infrastructure has been developed by the Hiranandani Group," Shankar wrote in his tweet.

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COVID-19 situation in Mumbai

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 tally in the economic capital of Maharashtra has surged to 86,132. At present, there are 22,996 active COVID-19 cases in the city. The number of recovered soared to 58,137 after 985 patients were discharged in the day. Furthermore, 64 COVID-19 deaths were reported on Tuesday, propelling Mumbai's fatality toll to 4,999. 54 of the deceased patients had co-morbidities.

On Tuesday, July 7, the city also witnessed a significant dip in cases with 806 persons testing positive for the infection. However, the fall in the number of cases from Monday (395) coincided with 549 fewer COVID-19 tests being conducted in the city. So far 3,63,120 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in various laboratories across Mumbai till July 6.

Meanwhile, The lockdown in Maharashtra in extended till 31 July.

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Boost for testing in Mumbai

The Maharashtra govt on Tuesday also announced that an individual can get him/her self tested without a doctor's prescription. Labs have been empowered to conduct RT-PCR tests as per the ICMR guidelines. Aaditya Thackeray, the Minister for Mumbai Suburban district maintained that this step would help boost testing without any delays. 

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(With inputs from ANI) (Image -PTI)