COVID-19: Mumbai continues its streak of over 1,000 fresh cases

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a construction worker for the COVID-19 test, at Siddhivinayak Metro site in Mumbai. Pic/PTI

For the second consecutive day the city reported more than 1,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, while the active cases reached almost 9,000. Fresh cases in the state also went beyond 8,000. While the lockdown has brought down the cases in Amravati district, the numbers in Pune and Nagpur are still on the higher side.

Positivity rate increases

The city has been witnessing a sharp rise in cases since February 9. The tally crossed the 1,000 mark on Wednesday after a gap of 119 days. However, the number of cases on Thursday was slightly less than that of the previous day. A total of 23,351 tests were done on Thursday, of which 1,145 turned positive with a positivity rate of 4.9 per cent.

The same rate was 5.5 per cent on Wednesday, when a total of 21,123 tests were conducted. In the first week of February, the positivity rate was below 3 per cent.
A total of five deaths were reported in Mumbai. All patients had co-morbidities and were above 60 years of age. Meanwhile, 463 patients were discharged in the city and the recovery rate is stable at 94 per cent. The city has a total of 8,997 active patients.

126 sealed buildings

There are a total of 126 sealed buildings in the city, most of which are in T ward (Mulund-18 ), S ward (Bhandup-17) and H west (Bandra to Santacruz West-16). There aren't any sealed buildings in A ward (Colaba, Fort), B (Dongri, JJ hospital), C ward (Girgoan), L (Kurla) and K East (Jogeshwari to Vile Parle East).

The MMR reported a total of 1,976 fresh cases, including Mumbai. Other cities like Thane saw 224 cases, Navi Mumbai 137 and Kalyan-Dombivli 166.

As per the state government's report, MMR recorded 13 deaths and Aurangabad circle reported 15 deaths on Thursday taking the toll to 56. Of the total cases reported in the state, Akola circle had 1,154, Pune Circle 779, Nagpur 864 and Amravati 497 cases.

Cumulative number of cases in the state is 21.30 lakh and the recovery rate hit 95 per cent after a month. About 3,744 patients recovered across the state on Thursday and it has 64,000 active patients.