Mumbai on Tuesday reported 562 new coronavirus infections, the fifth instance of under-600 case count this month, and 12 fresh fatalities, while 629 patients recovered from the disease, the city civic body said. With this, the tally of Covid-19 cases jumped to 7,21,526, while the death toll increased to 15,426, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) updated data.

Mumbai has witnessed a decrease in new cases and fatalities as compared to Monday, when the city had registered 608 infections and 18 deaths. This is the fifth time since the beginning of this month that the financial capital of the county has reported less than 600 Covid-19 cases in a day. Earlier on June 14, June 15, June 21 and June 22, Mumbai had logged 529, 575, 521 and 570 new cases, respectively.