Covid-19 cases in the city have increased eight-fold in the last three weeks. Mumbai reported 71 cases on Saturday, bringing the total active caseload to 246. Of the 71 cases, 65 are asymptomatic, the BMC data revealed. Even the test positivity rate has gone up to 5.5 per cent.

On February 25, there were only 32 active  Covid-19 cases in the city. By March 18, the number rose to 246. Of these, 11 are hospitalised. “But the ratio of symptomatic cases is low. Over 90 per cent cases are asymptomatic and do not require hospitalisation. As of now, one patient is in critical condition,” said an official from the BMC.