On Tuesday, a total of 19,519 tests were conducted in the city, which has a test positivity rate (TPR) of 5.2 per cent, slightly lower than Monday’s 5.6 per cent.
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The daily COVID-19 cases in the city have been a little over 1,000 for the past 10 days, with the daily number of recoveries being almost the same over the past five days. On Tuesday, the city reported 1,012 fresh cases and 1,051 patients were discharged after full recovery. The state reported slightly more than 9,000 cases while 12,000 patients were discharged the same day. Maharashtra saw 56 deaths, while the city registered two.
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Daily cases in the city started increasing from February 9. In a week, a daily average of 400 cases increased to 800 and then further to over a 1,000. But since the last 10 days, the number has remained between 1,000 and 1,200. About 5,741 new cases were added from Friday and 5,431 patients recovered in the same period of five days, so the active number of cases in the city remained 10,500.
On Tuesday, a total of 19,519 tests were conducted in the city, which has a test positivity rate (TPR) of 5.2 per cent, slightly lower than Monday’s 5.6 per cent. The TPR was below 3 per cent in the first week of February. Of the two deaths reported in the city, both patients had comorbidities. One patient was between 40 and 60 years of age and one was above 60 years. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) reported 1,940 cases including the ones in Mumbai.
Other cities like Thane recorded 210 cases, Navi Mumbai 143 and Kalyan- Dombivli 226. Kalyan-Dombivli registered five deaths and Navi Mumbai registered two deaths on Tuesday. Pune and Akola circles registered 12 and 16 deaths respectively.
The state reported a total of 9,927 fresh COVID-19 cases, out of which Akola circle saw 1,389, Pune Circle 2,291, Nashik 1,718 and Nagpur 1,577.
22,38,398
Total no. of cases in Maharashtra
1,940
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours
2
No. of deaths in city on tuesday (Both patients had comorbidities. One patient was between 40 and 60 years of age and one was above 60 years)
1,051
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Tuesday
3,81,707
(Total no. of people administered the first vaccine dose)
52,810
(No. of people who have taken their second vaccine dose so far)
38,266
(No. of people who took their first vaccine dose on Tuesday)
5,315
(No. of people who took their second vaccine dose on Tuesday)
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