Covid-19: Mumbai logs 54 cases, zero deaths

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Mumbai recorded 54 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, but no fresh deaths linked to the infection, while 73 more patients were discharged following recovery, the city civic body said.

With this, the tally of Covid-19 cases jumped to 10,57,715, while the death toll remain unchanged at 16,693, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin.

The financial capital's daily Covid-19 cases had been below 100 since March 2, 2022, but they are showing an uptrend since the past two days. A day ago, the daily Covid-19 cases in the city rose to 46 from 28 on Tuesday. The city has logged zero Covid-19 deaths for the eighth day in a row. Significantly, on 22 out of 24 days in March so far, the financial capital has recorded zero Covid-19 fatalities.

In the last 24 hours, 15,456 Covid-19 tests were carried out in the city, taking their cumulative tally to 1,65,39,131, the bulletin said. The coronavirus positivity rate of Mumbai, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.003 per cent, while the recovery rate stood at 98 per cent, it said. With 73 more patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the number of discharged cases jumped to 10,37,879, leaving the city with 258 active cases, the BMC said.

The case doubling rate of Mumbai was 21,865 days, while the growth rate of Covid-19 between March 17 and 23 stood at 0.003 per cent, the bulletin said. Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Thursday reported 139 new coronavirus cases and three fresh fatalities linked to the disease, while 255 more patients were discharged following recovery, bringing the active tally below 1,000, the state health department said.

With this, the tally of Covid-19 cases in the state rose to 78,72,956, while the death toll increased to 1,43,772, a heath department bulletin said. On Wednesday, the state had logged 149 coronavirus cases and two fatalities. The Kolhapur administrative circle, that includes Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri Sangli and Kolhapur districts did not report any new coronavirus infection.

78,72,956
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

72
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

73
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday

1,06,36,413
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

94,29,731
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

3,203
(No. of people who took first dose on on Thursday)

8,535
(No. of people who took second dose on on Thursday)

3,84,794
Total no. of booster doses administered so far

3,501
No of booster Doses administered on on Thursday

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