Covid-19: Mumbai’s cases rise once again, cross 300 mark

For the second consecutive day Mumbai saw a marginal rise in fresh Covid19 cases which crossed the 300 mark While the city recorded 363 cases compared to Tuesday it saw a threefold rise in fatalities at nine The cityrsquos test positivity rate TPR saw a marginal rise on Wednesday and went above 1 per centThe TPR registered on Wednesday was 106 per cent which was the TPR on July 29 as well For the first time in the second wave Mumbairsquos TPR dipped below 1 per cent on July 29After registering a TPR of above 2 per cent on June 27 the cityrsquos TPR remained below that The city reported the highest number of cases mdash 11163 mdash on April 4 and then the decline started There has been a steady fall in the TPR after May 5 The doubling rate improved and was 1595 days on Wednesday Of the nine deaths seven patients had comorbidities four deaths were of patients above 60 years of age and five of those between 40 and 60 years The cityrsquos recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent and 438 people were discharged after full recovery on WednesdayAfter recording a significant dip in new cases and Covid19 fatalities on Monday the state saw a rise for the second consecutive day as 6126 cases were reported Maharashtra also reported 195 deaths marginally higher than Tuesdayrsquos figure The statersquos case fatality rate remained constant at 21 per cent as 7436 people were discharged after full recovery The state has 72810 active casesAlso read Rise in Covid19 cases worrying but premature to declare third wave ScientistsThe Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR saw a marginal rise for the second consecutive day but the number of new cases remained below 1000 on Wednesday As per the state report 952 cases were reported in the MMR region Apart from Mumbai Raigad saw 177 new cases in the MMR followed by Navi Mumbai with 75 cases Panvel reported 73 new cases while Thane saw 56 cases and VasaiVirar 31 The MMR excluding Mumbai registered 18 Covid19 fatalities on Wednesday Raigad reported 14 deaths highest in the MMR Navi Mumbai saw three deaths and VasaiVirar reported one7037 vaccines reserved for second dosesAs more than 12 lakh citizens are eligible for their second vaccine dose this month the BMC has decided that 30 per cent of the doses it has received will be reserved for those taking the first shot while 70 per cent for those taking the second one The civic body has got a total of 15 lakh doses out of which 57000 are Covishield and 48000 Covaxin The vaccination drive will resume today Meanwhile a total of 314 public vaccination centres are currently functioning and the corporation has started the walkin facility as well Apart from these centres at civic hospitals and jumbo Covid centres will continue to operate as per the prevailing system ie 50 per cent online registrations and 50 per cent walkins for vaccination6327194Total no of cases in Maharashtra952Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours9No of deaths in city on Wednesday Seven patients had comorbidities four deaths were of patients above 60 years of age and five of those between 40 and 60 years438Patients recovered and discharged in city on Wednesday