19 August,2023 05:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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On Saturday, Mumbai reported 12 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,164,192, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a health bulletin.
Presently, the city now has 69 active Covid-19 cases.
According to data, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between August 12 and August 18 is 0.0009 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.
So far, 189,21,088 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the city, including 323 samples taken in the past 24 hours.
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The caseload doubling time is 99,968 days, as per civic data.
Meanwhile, India logged 72 new coronavirus infections in a day while the number of active cases was recorded at 1,452, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll stood at 5,31,925, according to the data updated at 8 am. The country's Covid case tally is 4.49 crore (4,49,96,548), it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 4,44,63,171 and the national recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent, the health ministry said.
