Mumbai’s Covid-19 cases stay below 2,000; TPR, fatalities also drop

A health worker tests an arriving passenger at the Dadar station on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

Mumbai continued to see a dip in test positivity rate (TPR) and daily cases and deaths. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 1,815 cases were reported with a TPR of 5.27 per cent and 10 deaths. But the state saw a significant rise in cases and deaths at 33,914 and 86 respectively.

Nine of the Covid-19 fatalities in Mumbai had comorbidities and all the 10 were above the age of 60. Around 84 per cent of the patients found positive on Tuesday were asymptomatic and 293 of them were hospitalised, 68 of whom are on oxygen beds. The recovery rate remained constant at 96 per cent as 753 patients were discharged. The doubling rate improved and was at 161 days. The state's case fatality rate continued to dip and was at 1.87 per cent. A total of 30,500 people were discharged during the day and the state's active cases were at 3,02,923 on Tuesday.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region registered 4,676 infections, a significant dip. Panvel and Navi Mumbai reported 425 and 745 cases respectively, highest in MMR after Mumbai. While Thane Municipal Corporation saw 401 cases, Vasai-Virar had 133 cases and Thane city had 187 cases. The MMR saw 29 deaths. Vasai-Virar reported six deaths, highest in MMR after Mumbai. Panvel, Kalyan-Dombivli reported five deaths each while TMC saw three deaths. Raigad, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar, Thane saw two deaths each. On Tuesday, 13 new Omicron infections were reported in the state. So far, 2,858 cases of Omicron have been registered of these 1,534 patients have been discharged.

75,69,425
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra

4,676
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

10
No. of deaths in city on Tuesday (Nine deceased had comorbidities. All were above the age of 60 years)

503
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday

1,04,05,298
(Total no. of people administered the first dose)

86,20,587
(No. of people who have taken second dose so far)

17,822
(No. of people who took first dose on Tuesday)

18,700
(No. of people who took second dose on Tuesday)

1,71,137
Total no. of booster doses administered so far

14,876
No. of booster Doses administered on Tuesday