Updated On: 26 October, 2020 06:31 AM IST | Mumbai | A correspondent
With a drop in cases, the citys daily growth rate dipped to 0.55 per cent as the total count stands at more than 2.51 lakh cases

BMC doctors conduct swab test at Karma Sanket, Nehru Nagar, Kurla (E). Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
With a dip in the daily figures, the state reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total tally up to 16.45 lakh cases as the recovery rate now stands at 88.8 per cent. Mumbai, meanwhile, reported more than 1,200 fresh cases along with 46 COVID-related fatalities.
State health department officials reported that among the fresh cases, Mumbai took the lead with 1,222 cases followed by Pune with 501 and Nashik with 431. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, while Thane had 246 new cases, all other districts had less than 200 each.