Mumbai logs 56 new Covid-19 cases, one fatality

Mumbai on Thursday recorded 56 new cases of COVID19 and one casualty that raised the tally of infections to 1058623 and toll to 19561 an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidAfter a rise in infections over the last three days the daily cases in the metropolis have witnessed a dip while the city reported the second casualty of the monthThe city had on Wednesday reported 73 new COVID19 cases and zero fatalitiesMumbai is now left with 346 active cases and the recovery rate is at 98 per cent the official saidWith 40 patients getting discharged during the day the count of recoveries has reached 1038716 he saidAs many as 11991 COVID19 tests were carried out in the city in the last 24 hours taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 16757163 the official saidAccording to the BMCrsquos bulletin doubling rate of cases is at 15325 days while the overall growth rate for the period between April 7 and April 13 is 0004 per centOf the latest cases 50 patients were asymptomatic and six are admitted to hospitals and one of them was on oxygen support it was statedOnly 13 of the total 26143 hospital beds are occupied in the city which has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for a long timeMeanwhile Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 103 new Coronavirus positive cases and five fatalities linked to the infection the health department saidWith this the statersquos COVID29 tally rose to 7875551 cases and toll to 147826On Wednesday the state had recorded 124 cases and one fatalityOne fatality each was recorded in Nashik district in the limits of Nashik Municipal Corporation Nagpur Municipal Corporation and Buldhana The case fatality rate in the state stands at 178 per centThere are 745 active Coronavirus positive cases in the state at present Latur Hingoli Osmanabad Yavatmal Buldhana Wardha Bhandara do not have any active caseThe health department said 77 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recovery count to 7726980 The recovery rate in the state stands at 187 per cent It said 40334 tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours taking the overall test count to 798012827875551 Total No of cases in maharashtra6 Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours1 No of deaths in city on thursday 1 patients had ni comorbidities and was above 60 years of age40 patients Recovered and discharged in city on thursdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever