There appears to be some good news for the city. Though authorities feared that there would be a surge in COVID-19 cases after Diwali, Mumbai has recorded even lesser number of positive cases in the last 10 days, despite an increase in the number of tests.

According to the BMC, Mumbai’s COVID-19 test positivity has fallen down to 5 per cent, which is the lowest, since March 2020. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been carrying out testing rigorously. Incidentally, out of the 16,394 tests that were done on Friday, only 825 were positive.