Mumbai did not record any fresh death linked to Covid-19 for a second time in 2022, on Tuesday, the BMC said. The city had reported zero fatalities on January 2. A day after the city logged fewer than 200 cases for the first time since December 13, 2021, the daily count rose marginally to 235. On Monday, the financial capital had reported 192 cases and two fatalities. In the past 24 hours, 25,338 Covid-19 tests, around 3,000 less than the previous day, were carried out in the city.

According to a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin, with new addition, the tally of coronavirus infections in the city jumped to 10,54,477, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,685. The metropolis remained free of sealed buildings and containment zones for the sixth straight day, and the number of active cases dropped to 2,301.