Mumbai reports 1,745 new Covid-19 cases, one death

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On Saturday, Mumbai recorded 1,745 Covid-19 cases and one death. The current tally on the number of cases increased to 10,78,944 according to the BMC's official data.

Of the 1,745 new Covid-19 cases, only 99 patients required hospitalisation, of which 11 needed oxygen support.

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"The recovery count increased by 888 to touch 10,49,326, leaving Mumbai with an active caseload of 10,047, up from 9,191 a day earlier. 14,227 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, due to which the overall number of tests went up to 1,72,74,399," a BMC offier said.

As per the data, the recovery rate is 97 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between June 4 and 10 was 0.122 per cent, while the caseload doubling time stood at 561 days.

(with inputs from PTI)