Covid-19: Mumbai reports 50 per cent drop in daily cases at 74

Mumbai reported 74 new COVID19 cases on Monday a drop of nearly 50 per cent from the previous day while no fresh death linked to the infection was registered the civic body saidWith this the cityrsquos overall COVID tally rose to 1061688 and the death toll remained unchanged at 19566 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said in a bulletinThe dip in cases is due to a big drop in the number of coronavirus tests a trend seen over the weekendsThe metropolis logged twodigit cases after reporting infections in three digits since last Tuesday On Sunday the financial capital had recorded 151 infectionsSignificantly in the first 16 days of May Mumbai has surpassed the entire case tally of April at 1822 So far in May 1865 cases have been registered The city has reported three fatalities till May 16 as compared to just four fatalities in the entire AprilWith 4746 coronavirus tests conducted in the past 24 hours their cumulative number rose to 17016218 the BMC bulletin saidOf the 74 new patients only two are symptomatic and they have been admitted to hospital for treatment it saidNotably only 24 out of 24944 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients are currently occupied in the city according to the bulletinThe number of recoveries jumped to 1041226 with an addition of 63 such patients in the past 24 hours leaving the metropolis with 896 active casesMumbairsquos recovery rate stood at 98 per cent the bulletin saidThe growth rate of COVID19 cases was 0012 per cent in the week ending on May 15 while the case doubling rate was 5509 days it saidMeanwhile Maharashtra on Monday recorded 129 new cases taking the overall tally to 7880969 while the toll remained unchanged at 147855 as no fresh death was registered in the state an official saidThe recovery count increased by 121 in the past 24 hours to touch 7731588 leaving the state with an active caseload of 1526 he saidState health department data showed that the coronavirus recovery rate was 9810 per cent while the case fatality rate stood at 187 per centWith 12896 swab samples examined in the past 24 hours the overall number of tests in the state went up to 80572867 the data showed 7880969 Total No of cases in maharashtra101 Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours0 No of deaths in city on monday63 patients Recovered and discharged in city on mondayThis 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