On Wednesday, of the 8,131 tests done, 1,648 samples returned positive. The number of tests was lower than on Tuesday but the positivity rate went up from 16.88 per cent to 20 per cent on Wednesday.

Two patients lost their lives. As per civic officials,  an 82-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman with comorbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart disease died from the infection. Over the past three days, the city has been reporting less than 2,000 cases but there has been a drop in testing figures, too. Mumbai’s total Covid count has reached 10,99,383.