Mumbai reports 739 new Covid-19 cases after almost four months

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 739 fresh COVID19 cases the highest daily rise after February 4 but no fatalities as per the bulletin issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal CorporationThe infections on Wednesday rose by 233 compared to the previous day when the city had logged 506 cases On February 4 Mumbai recorded 846 infections and seven related fatalitiesOn the second day in a row on Wednesday Mumbai witnessed over 500 new COVID19 casesWith the spike in daily infections the number of active cases has jumped close to 3000 and the number of beds occupied also crossed the 100mark after a long gapIn another worrying development the Dharavi slum colony reported 10 cases on Wednesday taking the tally of active cases to 37 a civic official saidMumbairsquos COVID19 tally now stands at 1066541 The death toll remained unchanged at 19566 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hoursThe fresh cases were detected after conducting 8792 tests in the past 24 hours The number of COVID19 tests has climbed to 17145746Mumbai is now left with 2970 active cases and only 102 of 24472 beds remain occupied currently the bulletin saidAs per the bulletin 710 of the 739 patients are asymptomatic and only 29 symptomatic patients are admitted in hospitals Five of them are on oxygen supportThe COVID19 recovery rate in Mumbai is 98 per cent A total of 295 patients were discharged after COVID19 treatment in the last 24 hours raising the tally of recoveries in Mumbai to 1044005 the bulletin saidThe overall growth rate of cases in Mumbai stood at 0033 per cent between May 25 to 31 and the city has a doubling rate of 2027 daysMaharashtra meanwhile recorded the highest daily cases since February 24 at 1081 There were no deaths the state health department said in a bulletinWith fresh infections the statersquos COVID19 tally rose to 7888167 and the toll to 147860 On Tuesday the state recorded 711 cases and one COVID19 fatalityOn February 24 Maharashtra recorded 1124 infectionsThe case fatality rate stands at 187 per cent and the case recovery rate in the state is now 9807 per cent Maharashtrarsquos active tally of cases now stands at 4032Nandurbar Dhule Latur Parbhani Akola Buldhana and Gondia have zero active casesA total of 524 patients recovered from COVID19 infection in the past 24 hours taking the number of recoveries in Maharashtra to 7736275With 25416 tests being conducted in the last 24 hours the number of the samples tested so far in Maharashtra rose to 80951360 as per the bulletin7888167 Total No of cases in maharashtra962 Total no of cases reported in MMR in the last 24 hours0 No of deaths in city on wednesday295 patients Recovered and discharged in city on wednesdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever