Ahead of the reopening of schools in the city, new cases slipped to 2,550 on Sunday, with the test positivity rate dipping to 5.54 per cent. COVID claimed 13 lives during the day. Across Maharashtra, there was a significant drop in new infections as well as deaths. As per the state health department, there were 40,805 fresh cases with 44 deaths in Maharashtra.

In the third wave, the highest TPR recorded in Mumbai has been 29.9 per cent on January 06. At the peak of the second wave, the highest number of single-day infections had stood at 11,163.