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(Photo: PTI)Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation shifted 580 patients from Covid care centres in the city as a precautionary measure after India Meteorological Department warned that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city a BMC official said on Sunday. The BMC on Saturday night shifted 580 patients from BKC (243) Dahisar (183) and Mulund (154) jumbo Covid care facilities to state and civic-run hospitals in Mumbai the official said. The IMD had said the storm is likely to pass the Mumbai coast late Saturday or early Sunday from a distance so minimal damage is expected. The IMD had also informed the BMC that Mumbai is not in the direct line of the threat of the cyclone. However as it will pass through the sea near the Mumbai coast its effect is likely to be accompanied by rain and strong winds..