Mumbai logs 55 Covid cases; active cases now 349

State health department data showed that the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.87 per cent

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 55 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. With this, the tally of Covid cases in the city rose to 10,58,765. The death toll in the city remained unchanged at 19,562. Active cases in Mumbai stand at 349. Maharashtra on Sunday reported 127 new coronavirus positive cases, taking its tally to 78,75,845, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,827 as nobody succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, a health official said.

So far, 77,27,372 people have been discharged post recovery, including 107 during the day, leaving the state with an active caseload of 646, he said. As 21,6534 samples were examined in the last 24 hours, the overall test count in the state went up to 7,98,66,301, the official said. State health department data showed that the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.87 per cent.

The tally in Mumbai Metropolitan Region increased by 80 to touch 22,32,542, while the count of deaths remained at 39,826. In neighbouring Palghar district, the Covid-19 case count has gone up to 1,63,603 while the death toll is 3,407. Pune division reported 34 cases, while Nashik, Latur and Kolhapur divisions saw four cases each, and Nagpur division saw one case.  There was no addition to the tally in Akola and Aurangabad divisions.

78,75,845
Total no of cases in Maharashtra

80
Total no. of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours

0
No. of deaths in city on Sunday

35
Patients recovered and discharged in city on Sunday

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