Mumbai reported 283 new coronavirus positive cases and five deaths, which took its infection tally to 7,40,007 and toll to 15,930, a civic official said.

The city's average case doubling rate improved to 2,057 days from 1,986 days that was recorded on August 17, he said. At present, there are 2,686 active Covid-19 cases in the metropolis, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.