Mumbai logs 119 Covid-19 cases, 1 death; state reports 1,182 cases

A woman gets a dose of vaccine at Nair hospital on Thursday. Pic/Ashish Raje

The city reported 119 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. The financial capital of the country reported fewer than 200 new infections for the fifth straight day this week.

On Wednesday, Mumbai had logged 168 new cases and no deaths. The tally of infections rose to 10,56,079 and the death toll reached 16,691. The metropolis is free of sealed buildings and containment zones for the last several days. As many as 20,846 Covid-19 tests, around 4,000 fewer than previous day, were carried out in the city, taking the tally of samples tested so far to 1,61,11,944. The case positivity rate of Mumbai is 0.57 per cent.

With 257 patients discharged or recovering at home, the number of recoveries rose to 10,35,426. The city's rate of recovery is 98 per cent. Around 82 per cent or 98 out of the 119 new patients were asymptomatic. In the last 24 hours, only 21 patients were hospitalised and 10 of them were put on oxygen support. Presently, Mumbai has 1,088 active cases.

The caseload doubling period is now 4,019 days. The overall growth rate of Covid-19 cases between February 17 to 23 was 0.02 per cent. Maharashtra on Thursday recorded a total of 1,182 new cases and 19 deaths, the health department said. With this, the state's Covid-19 tally reached 78,62,650 and the death toll rose to 1,43,675.

The number of active cases in the state stands at 10,250, it said. Of the eight administrative circles, Pune recorded 398 cases, followed by Nashik (222), Mumbai or the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (216), Nagpur (116), Akola (103), Kolhapur (59), Aurangabad (41) and Latur (27). Out of the 19 fatalities, Pune reported eight, followed by Nashik (4), MMR (3), Kolhapur (2) and Aurangabad and Akola recorded one fatality each. A total of 90,633 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative test count to 7,75,74,774.

78,62,650
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

216
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

1
No. of deaths in city on Thursday (The deceased had comorbidities and was a senior citizen)

257
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Thursday

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