Mumbai logs 8 fresh Covid-19 cases, active tally 46

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Mumbai on Friday reported as many as five new cases of Covid-19. The addition of fresh cases took the total tally of infections in the city to 1,163,856, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said in a health bulletin.

No death was reported on June 9, the death toll in the city remained unchanged at 19,773, the health bulletin said.

The city now has an active caseload of 46 patients, it further said.

The bulletin said that the recovery count increased by 8 more patients to touch the total number of recoveries to 11,44,037.

According to the data in the bulletin, Mumbai's overall growth rate of cases between June 1 and June 7 was 0.0007 per cent, and the recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent.

So far, 188,82,708 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the city, including 634 samples taken in the past 24 hours, as per civic data.

The caseload doubling time is 107,802 days, as per civic data.

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Meanwhile, India logged 199 new coronavirus infections while the active cases have dipped to 2,687 from 2,831, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

According to news agency PTI, the death toll has climbed to 5,31,886 with two deaths reported in the last 24 hours the data stated. The Covid-19 case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,92,293).