Covid cases in Mumbai leapt to 975 on Wednesday, registering a nearly 300 per cent rise over Tuesday’s 332 infections. With 8,173 samples tested during the day, the test positivity rate jumped to 12 per cent, showed BMC data. Coronavirus claimed two lives.

Of the new patients, 59 were hospitalised and 15 were put on oxygen support. The city’s active patient count has reached 5,194 of which 418 are being treated in hospitals. The fatalities on Wednesday included a 59-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man who also suffered from other ailments.