While the state saw a slight drop in the number of daily cases, the city continued to register over 3,000 fresh infections. On Tuesday, Mumbai registered 3,552 cases and recorded a test positivity rate of 15 per cent. The state reported 28,699 cases and 132 deaths over the past 24 hours. The city saw eight deaths while the rest of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) saw 18.

The city’s test positivity rate has also reached 15 per cent from 3 per cent in the first week of February and the recovery rate has reduced to 90 per cent. With the recovery of 1,203 patients on the same day, the city now has 27,672 active cases. The city had 5,000 active patients a month ago, on February 12. It also reported eight fresh deaths over the past 24 hours. All of them were above 60 years of age and six patients had comorbidities.