The city on Wednesday recorded 124 new Covid-19 infections and zero pandemic-related deaths, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. This is the eighth time this month that Mumbai reported more than 120 new cases. On Tuesday, it had logged 132 new Covid-19 cases and zero fatalities. The Covid-19 case tally of the financial capital of the country rose to 10,61,038, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563.

Of the new Covid-19 cases, only two patients were symptomatic and hospitalised. None of them was put on oxygen support, the BMC release said. With 9,196 tests conducted in the past 24 hours, the total of tests carried out increased to 1,69,77,858. Currently, Mumbai has a positivity rate of 0.013 per cent. Only 23 out of 25,249 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 patients are occupied.