Mumbai reported 960 new Covid-19 cases as daily count dropped below the 1,000-mark for the first time after December 27, 2021, while 11 more patients died due to the infection, the city civic body said.

With this, the tally of coronavirus infections in the city rose to 10,46,590, while the death toll increased to 16,623, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin. In January 2022, Mumbai has reported 2,61,480 Covid-19 cases and 247 deaths as against 22,229 infections and 38 fatalities in December 2021, BMC data showed.