Western Railway on Wednesday informed that it has collected a total fine of Rs 21.53 lakh from people who were travelling without a face mask in trains. In a joint effort with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Railway department has fined over 12,000 passengers till Tuesday (April 20).
According to the data shared by the department, out of a total of 12,824 cases, in March 6,972 passengers were booked for travelling without a mask. From whom a fine of Rs 1,09,35,00 has been realised. Whereas in February, a total of Rs 6,29,600 fine has been recovered from 4,017 travellers. However, in this month till yesterday, a total of 1,835 passengers were found guilty for not travelling with a mask and a fine worth Rs 4,30,500 has been collected from them.
Nearly 3 lakh new coronavirus cases and over 2,000 deaths were reported in India on Wednesday, a record-high since the pandemic broke out last year. As per the union health ministry, as many as 2,95,041 new COVID-19 cases and 2,023 deaths were reported, taking the total cases to 1,56,16,130, including 21,57,538 active cases.
As many as 1,32,76,039 recoveries have been reported so far, out of which 1,67,457 were reported in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the death toll stands at 1,82,553. The total number of vaccinations in the country stands at 13,01,19,310. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 27,10,53,392 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to April 20. Of these, 16,39,357 were tested yesterday.
On Wednesday, the state reported 62,097 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 54,224 patients recovered and 519 died. So far, 39.60 lakh people have been affected by the epidemic in the state. Of these, 32.13 lakh people have recovered, while 61,343 have died. Currently, there are about 6.83 lakh people, who are undergoing treatment.
