The surge in COVID-19 infections continued on Friday in Mumbai with over 1,600 new cases being reported from across the city. The figure had remained around 1,500 on Wednesday and Thursday. The test positivity rate, positive results among 100 tests, also climbed up to eight per cent from three per cent in the first week of February.

Across Maharashtra, daily cases have crossed the 15,000 mark. While 56 people succumbed to the Coronavirus in the 24 hours up to Friday morning, Mumbai reported 4 deaths. Though BMC officials insist that most patients are asymptomatic, the continuous rise in daily cases paints a grim picture. Mumbai’s 1,646 infections were found from tests on 20,730 samples.