Only 12 out of 26,044 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 treatment currently occupied Mumbai on Friday reported 68 Covid-19 cases, a dip from 98 on Wednesday, which was the highest for April so far, and 91 on Thursday, a civic official said. It took the tally in the metropolis to 10,59,141, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,562, he said.

He said 44 persons were discharged during the day, which had taken the recovery count to 10,39,105, leaving the city with an active caseload of 474. So far, 1,68,26,035 samples have been examined, including 8,700 in the last 24 hours, he added. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation health bulletin said 65 of the 68 new cases were asymptomatic, while the remaining three had been hospitalised, though none of them needed oxygen support.