Mumbai is currently the top contributor to the state’s daily COVID-19 tally with a weekly positivity rate of 16 per cent, which is the highest among the districts. However, the additional chief secretary of the state said that the positivity rate of Mumbai is even more at around 30 percent, as many of the people tend to go for home testing and do not report the results. 

Additional Chief Secretary Dr Pradeep Vyas said, “A few days ago, there were 200 to 300 patients in the state every day. Now there are 4,000 patients every day with an increase of 36 per cent. And 90 per cent of these patients are from Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Raigad, and Palghar districts. At present, there are 25,000 active patients of whom 22 are on ventilator support.” There are 81,000 active patients in the country, of which 25,000 are from Maharashtra alone.