Covid-19: Mumbai reports 27 cases, lowest in 2 years; zero deaths

Mumbai reported 27 new Covid19 cases the lowest daily count since March 2020 when the pandemic began but no fresh death linked to the infection the city civic body saidWith this the tally of coronavirus infections in the financial capital jumped to 1057290 while the death toll remained unchanged at 16692 said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC bulletinCoronavirusUpdates14th March 600pmNaToCorona pictwittercomUVxYPPuqmlmdash Mumbai BMC mybmc March 14 2022Mumbai saw less than 100 new Covid19 cases for the 12th day in a row Also the city registered zero Covid19 cases for the 13th time in March Only once so far this month the city has recorded death linked to Covid19 On Sunday the metropolis had logged 44 Covid19 cases and zero fatalities In the last 24 hours 10693 Covid19 tests around 3000 less than the previous day were conducted in the city taking their cumulative tally to 16398134 the bulletin saidThe positivity rate of Mumbai cases detected per 100 tests was 025 per cent the BMC said With 38 more coronavirus patients recovering in the last 24 hours the number of discharged cases jumped to 1037380 the bulletin said Mumbai now has 334 active Covid19 cases and its coronavirus recovery was 98 per cent as per the bulletin The case doubling rate rose to 13601 days while the growth rate of Covid19 cases between March 7 and 13 was 0005 per cent it said As many as 22 of the 27 new patients or around 81 per cent of the total were asymptomatic the civic body said In the last 24 hours only five patients were hospitalised and one patient was put on oxygen support it saidAlso only 124 of the total 28513 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients are currently occupied in the city according to the bulletin Significantly the metropolis is free of sealed buildings and Covid19 containment zones since the last month On January 7 Mumbai had reported the highestever 20971 cases during the third wave of the coronavirus which started in the city on December 21 2021 Last year Mumbai had reported the highest 11163 daily cases on April 4 and most deaths at 90 on May 1 during the second wave of the pandemicThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever