Even though testing was on the lower side on Tuesday, the test positivity rate jumped to 8 per cent. On Monday, the TPR was at 5 per cent. Out of the 8,276 samples, 659 tested positive for Covid-19. Only one death was reported in the past 24 hours. On Tuesday, out of the 659 fresh cases, 40 patients needed hospitalisation and seven were put on oxygen support. The total Covid tally went up to 1,116,132. 

Currently, there are  6,409 active patients in Mumbai out of which 425 have been admitted to hospitals and 48 patients are on oxygen support. As per BMC officials, a 73-year-old woman suffering from other ailments succumbed to the infection. This takes the total death count due to Covid to 19,620. In the past 24 hours, more than twice the number of fresh cases—1,289 patients—recovered from Covid, taking the number of total recovered patients in the city to 1,090,103.