COVID-19: Mumbai’s doubling rate down to 63 days

A BMC health worker carries out antigen test at Juhu beach on Saturday. Pic/Satej Shinde

The state recorded 35,726 new cases on Saturday, taking the total tally of Maharashtra to 26.73 lakh cases. The mortality rate also saw an increase in the last 24 hours as the COVID-related deaths recorded in the state were 166, taking the total to 54,073 since the pandemic struck.

On Saturday, the city reported 6,130 new cases, thus putting the entire civic administration into a state of alarm. The city recorded 12 deaths on Saturday with nine patients suffering from comorbidities, and eight being senior citizens. Meanwhile, MMR recorded a total of 10,638 positive cases.

Mumbai's recovery rate now stands at 86 per cent, while the doubling rate has dropped to 63 days. The city's overall growth rate has increased rapidly in the last one week, as it currently stands at 1.06 per cent. The total count of positive cases recorded so far now stands at 3.91 lakh cases, and the number of tests carried out so far is 39.36 lakh. To the dismay of citizens, the active cases now stand at 41,609 in the city.

Further, on account of Holi, the vaccination centres will be shut on Sunday, and run at 50 per cent of its capacity on Monday. The turnout of citizens and health and frontline workers was 38,158 on Saturday. A total of 1,08,6852 beneficiaries have been inoculated, out of which 14,4531 have been fully vaccinated as these beneficiaries have been administered both doses.

6,130
Total new cases in Mumbai city on Saturday (within BMC limits)

12
Total deaths in Mumbai on Saturday

166
Total deaths in state on Saturday