Mumbai reported over 100 new Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, but no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the financial capital, the city civic body said. The metropolis registered 112 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily count since February 25, taking the overall tally to 10,59,545, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin.

On February 25, the city had witnessed 128 Covid-19 cases. Thereafter only twice before March 2, the financial capital had seen 100 or more Covid-19 cases. On Tuesday, Mumbai had reported 102 Covid-19 cases, the highest number of daily cases since February 27, when the city had detected 103 patients. With no death linked to Covid was reported in the last 24 hours, the toll remained unchanged at 19,562, as per the bulletin.