Once the COVID-19 hot spot, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has seen its recovery rate almost double to 80 per cent in three months and its share of active patients in the state reduce by 5,287 cases. Within the MMR, Mumbai fared better than the rest combined. While the city has been seeing a downward trend in the active cases count since June 9, the rest of MMR saw a spike in July, before the numbers dropped in August.

The number of cases in the rest of MMR — Thane district, Thane city, Kalyan-Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Palghar, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Mira-Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar — started increasing after Unlock 1.0 in June. As of August 25, Mumbai had 17,931 active patients while the rest of MMR had 25,435. The total number of COVID-19 cases is also higher in the rest of MMR at 1,48,061 as compared to 1,37,683 in Mumbai. But, the recovery rate is almost the same, with 81.31 per cent in the city and 79.99 per cent in the rest of MMR.