Though marginally, the number of daily Covid-19 infections in Mumbai dropped for another day. The civic body on Friday confirmed 309 more cases and eight fatalities. On Thursday, the city had registered 324 cases and nine deaths. Though cases across the state dropped to 5,539, deaths rose significantly to 187 from 120 the day before.

Mumbai had reported three Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday and nine on Thursday. Of the eight deaths confirmed on Friday, five patients had comorbidities, seven were senior citizens, one was aged between 40-59 years.