COVID-19: Mumbai records over 500 cases for third consecutive day

Passengers get tested at CSMT on Friday. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Mumbai recorded 500 plus new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day on Friday. The figure is the highest in the past 30 days. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), too, crossed 1,000 cases. While there is a surge in cases in Amravati and Nagpur districts, too, the death toll is still low, with the city recording four and the state recording 36 deaths.

Health workers conduct antigen tests at Dadar on Friday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Cases in the city have been rising since Wednesday when it recorded 558 cases. Thursday saw 510 cases.

More than 600 cases were reported in the city last on January 14. They had been on the decline until Wednesday. Last week, cases reached below 450.

There were 16,715 tests conducted and the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) remained at 3.6 per cent on Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday, it was 3.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively.

In MMR, including Mumbai, the number of new cases is 1,016. Other cities in the region reported less than 100 cases but the numbers are higher than what they were last week with Kalyan-Dombivli having 82, Thane having 81 and Navi Mumbai having 97 cases.

Of the four deaths in the city, three people had co-morbidities. Two patients were above the age of 60, one patient was below 40 years and one patient was between 40 to 60 years.

Meanwhile, 612 patients recovered and there are 5,296 active patients in the city. The doubling rate of the city has worsened further to 525 days after reaching 565 on Monday.

The state recorded 3,670 new COVID patients, with Amravati having 331 and Nagpur 392, a sharp increase for both. In earlier weeks, the deaths were down to zero in most districts.

While the number of deaths was restricted to 36, it has been reported in every circle of districts.

Five deaths were registered in MMR (excluding Mumbai), five in Akola and four each in Kolhapur, Pune and Latur.

The cumulative number of cases in the state is 20.56 lakh and the recovery rate of the state has increased to 95.9 per cent. Only 2,422 patients recovered and active patients are 31,000, out of which, 8,000 are in MMR.

20,56,575
Total No. of cases in Maharashtra

1,016
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

4
No. of deaths in city today (Two patients were aged above 60 years, one was below 40 years and one was between 40 and 60 years)

612
Patients recovered and discharged in city today

1,07,725
Total No of people vaccinated

6,361
No of people vaccinated on Friday

31,000
Active COVID cases in the state

Four
No. of deaths in city on Friday