Mumbai reports over 100 Covid-19 cases for 2nd day; no new death

Mumbai reported over 100 new Covid19 cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday but no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the financial capital the city civic body saidThe metropolis registered 112 new Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours the highest daily count since February 25 taking the overall tally to 1059545 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said in a bulletinOn February 25 the city had witnessed 128 Covid19 cases Thereafter only twice before March 2 the financial capital had seen 100 or more Covid19 casesOn Tuesday Mumbai had reported 102 Covid19 cases the highest number of daily cases since February 27 when the city had detected 103 patientsWith no death linked to coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours the toll remained unchanged at 19562 as per the bulletinNew coronavirus cases are gradually inching up in the city though the number of daily tests was still under 10000In the last 24 hours 9478 Covid19 tests were carried out in the metropolis taking their cumulative count to 16867755 the BMC saidThe positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests stood at 0011 per cent while the coronavirus recovery rate was 98 per centAs per the bulletin out of the new cases 111 were asymptomatic and only one patient was admitted in hospitalWith 98 more patients discharged during the day the number of recoveries jumped to 1039420 it saidMumbai is left with 563 active Covid19 casesThe case doubling rate in Mumbai was 9135 days while the growth rate of Covid19 infections between April 20 and April 26 was 0007 per cent the civic body saidAt present out of 26044 hospital beds earmarked for coronavirus patients only 17 beds are occupied in the city according to the bulletinThe metropolis has been free of sealed buildings and containment zones for several weeks nowOn January 7 2022 Mumbai had reported the highestever 20971 cases during the third coronavirus wave which started from December 21 2021Last year Mumbai had reported 11163 cases on April 4 and 90 deaths on May 1 both highest figures during the second wave of the pandemicSpeaking at a function on Tuesday Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had appealed to people to keep wearing face masks while outdoors as the Covid19 threat was not yet overThe state government had lifted all coronavirusrelated curbs including mask mandate in the first week of April after the third wave of the pandemic ebbedThis 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