Mumbai recorded a 27 per cent rise in daily COVID-19 cases, with the BMC confirming 8,063 new ones on Sunday. The test positivity rate further increased to 17 per cent. The state-wide Coronavirus tally rose to 11,877 cases. 

Of the 8,063 newly confirmed COVID-19 patients, 7,176 (89 per cent) were asymptomatic, while 503 were hospitalised, of which 56 are on oxygen support, according to the BMC.