After witnessing a significant rise in the test positivity rate and new cases on Sunday, the TPR fell below 1 along with a marginal dip in new cases on Monday. As per the BMC report, 210 new cases were reported along with five deaths. The TPR was at 0.82. On Saturday, the new cases were 176 and TPR was 0.69%. On August 19, the city recorded the second wave’s lowest TPR at 0.53% after which the graph has been gradually going up. Mumbai’s TPR dipped below 1%, a first in the second wave on July 29. 

Four of the five deceased had comorbidities. While two of the deceased were in the age between 40-60, the other three deceased were above 60 years of age. The city witnessed zero deaths for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic on October 17.  The city last recorded zero covid fatalities on March 26, 2020. It was on August 16 that the numbers fell below 200 and recorded the second wave’s lowest daily cases.