Mumbai and Maharashtra both see rise in Covid-19 cases again

Beneficiaries get vaccinated at the BYL Nair Hospital on May 6. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai on Sunday reported 234 new coronavirus positive cases, which raised the city's infection tally to 10,62,908, while the toll remained unchanged at 19,566 as no death was reported, the civic body said.

A total of 151 patients were discharged during the day, taking the recovery count to 10,42,048, the health department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

With 8,612 tests conducted during the day, the overall test count increased to 1,70,66,748.

There are 1,294 active cases in the city at present. The recovery rate of Mumbai is 98 per cent and the case doubling rate is 4,208 days.
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 326 COVID-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 78,82,802, while the toll remained at 1,47,856 with no fresh deaths reported, an official said.

A release from the state health department said 251 patients were discharged during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 77,33,043 and leaving the state with 1,903 active cases.

With 23,978 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the overall number of tests in the state went up to 8,07,22,623, he said. State health bulletin data showed the recovery rate was 98.10 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.87 per cent.

Mumbai division reported 282 cases, which took the tally to 22,37,648 and the deaths stood at 39,836, as per the bulletin.

Nashik division reported two cases, Pune division 39 and one each in Kolhapur, Akola and Nagpur divisions, while Aurangabad and Latur did not report any case.

78,82,802 Total No. of cases in maharashtra
282 Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
0 No. of deaths in city on wednesday
151 patients Recovered and discharged in city on wednesday

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