Mumbai on Wednesday reported 295 new coronavirus infections, highest in the past over three months, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement. No death on account of the pandemic was reported in the metropolis during the day, it said. Earlier, the financial capital of the country had recorded 349 new cases and three deaths on February 12, 2022. The caseload in the city increased to 10,63,571, the BMC release said.

While infections are on the rise, they are not life-threatening as patients are recovering, a civic official said. Out of 295 patients reported during the day, 12 were hospitalised. As many as 194 patients recovered, increasing the total of recovered persons in the city to 10,42,474. There are 1,531 active coronavirus patients in Mumbai now.  The recovery rate in the city is 98 per cent, while overall growth rate of cases for the period between May 18 and 24 was 0.017 per cent.