Updated On: 28 October, 2021 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
However, fatalities fall; cases and deaths in state see a rise

A passenger is tested at Dadar on Wednesday. Pic/Ashish Raje
After a test positivity rate (TPR) of below 1%, the city’s TPR shot up again and new cases, too, rose to over 400 on Wednesday. However, the COVID-19 fatalities saw a dip. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) report, 420 new cases were reported on Wednesday along with four deaths, and the city’s TPR was 1.07%.
OF the four deceased, two had comorbidities. While one of the deceased was below 40 years of age, the other three deceased were above 60 years of age.
The doubling rate improved to 1,373 days on Wednesday. The city’s recovery rate remained constant at 97 per cent as 355 people recovered and were discharged on Wednesday.